Review of Contemporary Fiction
Stanley Elkin/Alasdair Gray
(Author) John O'BrienArthur M. Saltzman, Stanley Elkin: An Introduction/Peter J. Bailey, 'A Hat Where There Never Was a Hat': Stanley Elkin's Fifteenth Interview/Stanley Elkin, Words and Music/William Gass, Stanley Elkin: An Anecdote/Jerome Charyn, On Stanley Elkin/Jerome Klinkowitz, Elkin before Elkin/Charles Molesworth, Stanley Elkin and 'Everything': The Problem of Surfaces and Fullness in the Novels/Alan Wilde, Final Things: More Letters to mzimmer%[email protected]/D. C. Dougherty, Nemeses and MacGuffins: Paranoia as Focal Metaphor in Stanley Elkin, Joseph Heller, and Thomas Pynchon/Peter G. Christensen, The Escape from the Curse of History in Stanley Elkin's George Mills/Patrick O'Donnell, Of Red Herrings and Loose Ends: Reading 'Politics' in Elkin's The MacGuffin/Arthur M. Saltzman, A Stanley Elkin Checklist/Mark Axelrod, Alasdair Gray: An Introduction, of Sorts/Mark Axelrod, An Epistolary Interview, Mostly with Alasdair Gray/Alasdair Gray, The Anthology of Prefaces/Alasdair Gray, Time Travel/Philip Hobsbaum, Alasdair Gray: The Voice of His ProseGeorge Donaldson and Alison Lee, Is Eating People Really Wrong? Dining with Alasdair Gray/William M.Harrison, The Power of Work in the Novels of Alasdair Gray/Stephen Bernstein, Scottish Enough: The London Novels of Alasdair Gray/John C. Hawley, Bell, Book, and Candle: Poor Things and the Exorcism of Victorian Sentiment/Lynne Diamond-Nigh, Gray's Anatomy: When Words and Images Collide/Peter Christensen, Language and Its Discontents in Alasdair Gray's 'Logopandocy'/Janice Galloway, Different Oracles: Me and Alasdair Gray/Mark Axelrod, An Alasdair Gray Checklist
John O'Brien
John O'Brien was an Australian author best known for his novel "Leaving Las Vegas," which was adapted into an acclaimed film. His gritty and raw writing style delved into themes of addiction and despair, painting vivid portraits of damaged characters. O'Brien's work remains a powerful exploration of human suffering and redemption.