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William Hjortsberg

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born

in New York City, The United States

February 23, 1941

website

http://www.williamhjortsberg.com/

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Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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William Hjortsberg (b. 1941) is an acclaimed author of novels and screenplays. Born in New York City, he attended college at Dartmouth and spent a year at the Yale School of Drama before leaving to become a writer. For the next few years he lived in the Caribbean and Europe, writing two unpublished novels, the second of which earned him a creative writing fellowship at Stanford University.

When his fellowship ended in 1968, Hjortsberg was discouraged, still unpublished, and making ends meet as a grocery store stock boy. No longer believing he could make a living as a novelist, he began writing strictly for his own amusement. The result was Alp (1969), an absurd story of an Alpine skiing village which Hjortsberg’s friend Thomas McGuane called...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 1,102 ratings · 170 reviews · 15 distinct works · Similar authors

	Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg, Ridley Scott (Foreword by), James Crumley (Introduction) 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 801 ratings — published 1978 — 29 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nevermore 3.17 of 5 stars 3.17 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 1994 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gray Matters 3.31 of 5 stars 3.31 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1971 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Odd Corners: The Slip-Stream World of William Hjortsberg 3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alp 4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angel Heart/Nevermore 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Symbiography 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1973 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Toro! Toro! Toro! 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1974 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angel Heart 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1988	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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