El astillero (The Shipyard) - Juan Carlos OnettiJuan Carlos Onetti born July 1, 1909 in Montevideo, Uruguay died May 30, 1994 in Madrid, Spain, was a novelist and short-story writer. A high school dropout, Onetti's first novel El pozo published in 1939, met with immediate critical acclaim. He went on t
Call for the Dead - John le CarréJohn le Carr is the pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (born October 19, 1931) in Poole, Dorset, England. He studied at the University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland and Oxford University in England, then for a time taught at Eton College before joining
The CarpetbaggersThe Carpetbaggers is the title of a 1961 bestselling novel by Harold Robbins, which was adapted into a 1964 movie of the same title. The word carpetbaggers in the title does not refer to the Civil War opportunists. It has the generic meaning of a presumpt - Harold RobbinsHarold Robbins (originally Harold Rubin ( May 21, 1916 October 14 1997) was an American author. Born in New York City, Harold Robbins spent his childhood in an orphanage. He was educated at George Washington High School and after leaving school he worked
Daughter of Silence - Morris WestMorris Langlo West ( April 26, 1916 October 9, 1999) was an Australian writer. West was born in St Kilda, Melbourne and graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1937, and worked as a teacher in New South Wales and Tasmania. He spent 12 years in a mon
Franny and ZooeyFranny and Zooey is the name of the 1961 novel by J. Salinger, best known for The Catcher in the Rye''. The novel consists of two different but related stories, Franny and Zooey''. The stories originally appeared in The New Yorker magazine. Franny and Zoo - J.D. Salinger