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Barry Gifford (born October 18, 1946) [1] is an American author, poet, and screenwriter known for his distinctive mix of American landscapes and prose influenced by film noir and Beat Generation writers.
Barry Gifford (born October 18, 1946) [1] is an American author, poet, and screenwriter known for his distinctive mix of American landscapes and prose influenced by film noir and Beat Generation writers.
Barry Gifford has 149 books on Goodreads with 22002 ratings. Barry Gifford’s most popular book is Wild at Heart.
Gifford, Barry 1946- (Barry Colby Gifford) PERSONAL: Born October 18, 1946, in Chicago, IL; married; children: two. Education: Attended University of Missouri, 1964-65; attended Cambridge University, 1966. ADDRESSES: Office—Curtis Brown Ltd., 10 Astor Pl., New York, NY 10003. CAREER:
Barry Gifford was born on October 18, 1946, in Chicago, Illinois. His family moved often and lived mostly in hotels, and he cites the characters he encountered in hotel lobbies as an early inspiration to write.
Dec 9, 2010 · Seven Stories, 618 pp., $19.95 (paper) Barry Gifford is now more than forty years and forty books into his career, yet still no one seems to know what to do with him. Andrei Codrescu calls him “a great comic realist,” while Pedro Almodóvar likens him to the Surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel.
“Barry Gifford, Author of Wild at Heart, says: “Marisa Lankester’s unique chronicle of high crimes and low company is as wild a ride as any reader is likely to be taken on. She was the lone woman in the eye of a predatory hurricane that blew across continents and devastated countless lives.
