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Jess Walter
Author profile
born
in Spokane, Washington, The United States
January 01, 1965
gender
male
website
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Beautiful Ruins
— published 2012 — 14 editions |
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The Financial Lives of the Poets
— published 2009 — 16 editions |
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Citizen Vince
— published 2005 — 19 editions |
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The Zero
— published 2006 — 15 editions |
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We Live in Water: Stories
— published 2013 — 4 editions |
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Land of the Blind
— published 2003 — 8 editions |
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Over Tumbled Graves
— published 2001 — 14 editions |
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Don't Eat Cat
— published 2012 — 2 editions |
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Every Knee Shall Bow
— published 1995 — 3 editions |
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Ruby Ridge
— published 2012 |
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June 2012,
Jess Walter
"His Favorite Books About Hollywood: Search for an elusive starlet in the new novel, Beautiful Ruins, and try his top five books about the desperate hustle of moviemaking." ...More
"His Favorite Books About Hollywood: Search for an elusive starlet in the new novel, Beautiful Ruins, and try his top five books about the desperate hustle of moviemaking." ...More
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“Sometimes what we want to do and what we must do are not the same. Pasquo, the smaller the space between your desire and what is right, the happier you will be.”
― Jess Walter, Beautiful Ruins
― Jess Walter, Beautiful Ruins
“A writer needs four things to achieve greatness, Pasquale: desire, disappointment, and the sea.”
“That’s only three.”
Alvis finished his wine. “You have to do disappointment twice.”
― Jess Walter, Beautiful Ruins
“That’s only three.”
Alvis finished his wine. “You have to do disappointment twice.”
― Jess Walter, Beautiful Ruins
“Stories are people. I'm a story, you're a story...your father is a story. Our stories go in every direction, but sometimes, if we're lucky, our stories join into one, and for awhile, we're less alone.”
― Jess Walter
― Jess Walter
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| The Mystery, Crim...: Nominations Closed - August/September 2010 Group Read | 17 | 112 | Aug 06, 2010 06:51am | |
| Readers and Reading: September-October 2010 Chat | 55 | 89 | Oct 23, 2010 08:47pm | |
| The Seasonal Read...: Fall Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC! | 2299 | 555 | Nov 30, 2011 09:05pm | |
| 2013 Reading Chal...: Helen's Corner | 59 | 77 | Jun 13, 2012 04:14am | |
| Book Geeks and B...: Aaaaaaa!!! The Year's Half Over!!! | 21 | 19 | Jul 17, 2012 06:39pm | |
| The Seasonal Read...: Summer Challenge 2012: Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC | 2662 | 614 | Aug 31, 2012 09:02pm |
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