C.D. Payne

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July 05, 1949 in Akron, Ohio, The United States

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male

website

http://www.nicktwisp.com/

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Literature & Fiction

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Author and showman C.D. Payne was born in Akron, Ohio in 1949 (making him a contemporary of Richard Gere and Meryl Streep). He spent his early years in West Virginia and southern Ohio, moving back to Akron while still a mere tot.

He went to public schools in Akron, and then graduated from Harvard College, where he majored in history and participated in the annual spring riot. In 1971 he moved to California. During the next 25 years, he held over 50 jobs including newspaper editor, book publisher's assistant, proofreader, trailer park handyman, and catalog writer.

Since 2004 he has been the proprietor of the Eyelusion Museum, a mobile discovery museum in a restored and polished 1964 Airstream trailer. His latest mobile sideshow is a 1950s mini...more

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Books by C.D. Payne

Average rating: 3.91 · 6,114 ratings · 727 reviews · 18 distinct works

	Youth in Revolt 4.02 avg rating — 4,328 ratings — published 1995 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Revolting Youth: The Further Journals of Nick Twisp 3.71 avg rating — 867 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Frisco Pigeon Mambo 3.64 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Young and Revolting: The Continental Journals of Nick Twisp 3.58 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Revoltingly Young: The Journals of Nick Twisp's Younger Brother 3.72 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Civic Beauties: A Novel with Songs 3.19 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Cut to the Twisp: The Lost Parts of Youth in Revolt and Other Stories 3.24 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp : Volumes I, Ii, Ii/Youth in Revolt/Youth in Bondage/Youth in Exile 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings	My rating:
	Mládí v hajzlu IV. 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings	My rating:
	Queen of America: A Royal Comedy in Three Acts 3.00 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:

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“I have found that people who can successfully resist temptation invariably lead depressingly stunted lives.”
― C.D. Payne, Youth in Revolt

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“Do you suppose the human race invented boredom to make the prospect of death more palatable?”
― C.D. Payne, Youth in Revolt

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“Confession can be good for the soul, but it can exact a heavy toll on friendships.”
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The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

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A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

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