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  1. Thomas Louis Berger (July 20, 1924 – July 13, 2014) was an American novelist. Probably best known for his picaresque novel Little Big Man and the subsequent film by Arthur Penn, Berger explored and manipulated many genres of fiction throughout his career, including the crime novel, the hard-boiled detective story, science fiction, the utopian ...

  2. Thomas Berger was an American novelist whose darkly comic fiction probes and satirized the American experience. Berger graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1948. His first novel, Crazy in Berlin (1958), grew out of his experiences in the U.S. Army during World War II.

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  3. Little Big Man is a 1964 novel by American author Thomas Berger. Often described as a satire or parody of the western genre, the book is a modern example of picaresque fiction.

    • Thomas Berger
    • 1964
  4. Oct 2, 2014 · 50 years ago, Thomas Berger's novel <em>Little Big Man</em> was unfairly dismissed as lowbrow. But as its stature grew, it boosted critical acceptance for other westerns, too.

    • Allen Barra
  5. Jul 30, 2014 · The late Thomas Berger, who died last week at the age of eighty-nine, is a classic case: an important novelist easily overlooked in the present day.

    • Henry Giardina
  6. Jul 22, 2014 · NEW YORK (AP) — Thomas Berger, the witty and eclectic novelist who reimagined the American West in the historical yarn “Little Big Man” and mastered genres ranging from detective stories to domestic farce, has died at age 89.

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  8. Jul 22, 2014 · US author Thomas Berger, whose novel Little Big Man reimagined the American West, has died at the age of 89. His book, turned into a 1970 Hollywood movie starring Dustin Hoffman, was published...

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