Victor LaValle

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http://www.victorlavalle.com/

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Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy

About this author

Victor LaValle is the author of the short-story collection Slapboxing with Jesus and the novel The Ecstatic, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award.

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Books by Victor LaValle

Average rating: 3.39 · 1,463 ratings · 325 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Big Machine 3.33 avg rating — 1,110 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Slapboxing with Jesus 3.68 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Ecstatic 3.48 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Devil in Silver: A Novel 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Monster 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	The 826 Quarterly, Volume 4 by Students in Conjunction with 826 Valencia, Victor LaValle (Foreword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2005	My rating:

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Quotes by Victor LaValle

“No matter where you go, poor people have the capacity to endure. Some people even compliment us on it, as if endurance is all we can achieve.”
― Victor LaValle, Big Machine

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“The poor aren't defeated. We're domesticated.”
― Victor LaValle, Big Machine

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