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Monte Dutton

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in Clinton, SC, The United States
April 08, 1958

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Oh, I've lived in Clinton, South Carolina, for most of my life. I played on the state championship football team of 1975. I graduated from Furman University, majoring in both political science and history. I got accepted to law school ... twice, but couldn't convince myself to go either time.
Most of my career has been spent writing about sports, and most of that about NASCAR. Most of my books are about NASCAR, but my goal was always to write fiction, and the latest novel is my eighth.
I thought it perfectly honorable to be a struggling artist at, oh, twenty-five, but, though I didn't envision it at age sixty, I'm good with it.
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Monte Dutton When I awakened, Channel 7 was talking about a gruesome murder-suicide in a wooded area about ten miles away. I knew what happened because I had just …moreWhen I awakened, Channel 7 was talking about a gruesome murder-suicide in a wooded area about ten miles away. I knew what happened because I had just finished dreaming about it.(less)
Monte Dutton I rarely read a book twice, but Jim Bouton's death led me back to Ball Four, which I first read when I was about 14. I've also been reading a World Wa…moreI rarely read a book twice, but Jim Bouton's death led me back to Ball Four, which I first read when I was about 14. I've also been reading a World War II novel, Daughter of the Night Sky, by Aimee K. Runyan. I've been struggling because I've tried to make room to continue chipping away at what will be my ninth novel, The Latter Days.(less)
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Furman aims to put Western Carolina behind

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Most everyone who watches sports overreacts.

When I wrote about NASCAR for a living, occasionally I drew the ire of a famous driver (or owner, family member, sponsor, PR rep, etc.) for something I wrote.

“You think I’m tough? Read my mail,” I’d say. “I’m Fans Light.”

Back then, I wrote the copy for a nationally syndicated page that ran in hundreds of ne

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I’m sure this review won’t be a big hit on the site analytics, but I’ve spent a lot of time reading lately and resolved to write about each one after I completed it.
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Millions fought in World War II. Thousands were taken prisoner. Thousands of works of fiction have been written.
Silver Wings, Iron Cross by Tom Young thus becomes plausible amid the sheer numbers of the conflagration. If such a story never happened,
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This fine book is of particular interest to me because I wrote about the sport for 20 years, its author is a longtime friend and the subject is a favorite. I grew up watching Richard Petty race David Pearson. Mike Hembree did, too. He is a fine write ...more
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I don’t know where I got The Miracle of Castel di Sangro. I don’t remember when. I didn’t know I had it until I rummaged through a box looking for a book to read.
I can only speculate. I may have bought it when I was interested in the World Cup, which
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It didn’t add up in some ways, but it was a page-turner. I’m a South Carolinian but from another part. Perhaps I lack some insight of what makes the Low Country tick. It left me curious to learn more.
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