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John Williams: Stoner (Paperback, 2006, New York Review Books) 4 stars

William Stoner is born at the end of the nineteenth century into a dirt-poor Missouri …

Review of 'Stoner' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

A Dreiser-like panorama of tsouris, life sucks and then you die. The satisfaction comes from how well it is written and from observing the principle character stand amid hostile Society like Jimmy Stewart.