Sign in with Facebook
0 books
|
249 friends
3,029 books
|
5,030 friends
6 books
|
1,417 friends
261 books
|
248 friends
1,190 books
|
259 friends
2,295 books
|
71 friends
2,076 books
|
5,435 friends
204 books
|
1,491 friends
More friends…
Donovan is following 4 people
Donovan Hohn
Goodreads author profile
born
in San Francisco, CA
gender
male
website
twitter username
genre
member since
March 2011
Last January, Harper'sasked me to eulogize the late novelist and essayist Evan S. Connell (1924–2013):
Last Thursday— January 10, 2013— news came that one of the most singular careers in American letters had reached its last full stop.EvanS. Connellwas found in his Santa Fe apartment, dead at the age of 88.Hedied alone,attended, one presumes, by the “cracked Old Mexican pots and mutilated statu...Read more of this blog post »
* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.
Upcoming Events
No scheduled events.
Add an event.
Donovan's Recent Updates
|
Donovan Hohn
is now friends with Pete Held
|
|
|
Donovan Hohn
added
|
|
|
Donovan Hohn
added
|
|
|
Donovan Hohn
added
|
|
| My review for NYT Book Review (4/10/2011): http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/boo...?# | |
|
Donovan Hohn
rated a book 5 of 5 stars
|
|
|
Donovan Hohn
rated a book 5 of 5 stars
|
|
|
Donovan Hohn
rated a book 5 of 5 stars
|
|
|
Donovan Hohn
rated a book 5 of 5 stars
|
|
|
Donovan Hohn
rated a book 5 of 5 stars
|
|
|
Donovan Hohn
rated a book 5 of 5 stars
|
|
“The imaginary child implied by the toys on exhibit in Hong Kong was impossible to reconcile with my actual child. I didn't think I'd like to meet the imaginary child they implied. That child was mad with contradictions. He was a machine-gun-toting, Chopin-playing psychopath with a sugar high and a short attention span.”
― Donovan Hohn, Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them
― Donovan Hohn, Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them
Topics Mentioning This Author
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Seasonal Read...: * Summer Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS) | 2647 | 581 | Aug 31, 2011 09:18pm | |
| Aussie Readers: * What Are You Currently Reading? (doesn't have to be an Aussie book) | 6208 | 1337 | 10 hours, 36 min ago |
