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  1. Aug 17, 2024 · Robert Stone was an American author of fiction about individuals in conflict with the decaying late 20th-century Western societies in which they live. Stone served in the U.S. Navy before attending New York (1958–59) and Stanford (1962–64) universities. He wrote advertising copy and newspaper.

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  2. Robert Anthony Stone (August 21, 1937 – January 10, 2015) was an American novelist, journalist, and college professor. He was five times a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, [ 2 ] which he did receive in 1975 for his novel Dog Soldiers. [ 3 ][ 4 ] Time magazine included this novel in its list 100 Best English-language Novels ...

  3. Mar 9, 2020 · Maybe the novels of Robert Stone (1937-2015) are for you. A simmering paranoia bubbles under the surface of Stone’s fiction, a paranoia he had a sense of humor about. He once proposed an ...

  4. Jun 11, 2018 · Robert Anthony Stone. Robert Anthony Stone (born 1937) was an American novelist whose preoccupations were politics, the media, and the random, senseless violence and cruelty that pervade contemporary life both in the United States and in parts of the world where United States' influence has extended, such as Latin America and Vietnam. His ...

  5. May 23, 2020 · For all the gravity of his subjects, Bob Stone was a truly funny person, a born storyteller, sometimes of riotous tall tales. He was a beacon of clarity who took us to dark places but did not abandon us there.”—Joyce Carol Oates. “All of Stone’s work is about the confusing fate that lies in wait behind the world of likely events.

  6. Apr 18, 2020 · Robert Stone was one of those novelists who try to wrap their arms around America itself. His career spanned almost 50 years, but he never really stopped writing about the ’60s and their fallout ...

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  8. Jan 16, 2015 · Robert Stone was an award-winning novelist who told tales of seekers, frauds and other misbegotten American dreamers in such works as A Flag for Sunrise and Dog Soldiers.

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