7 books by William Kotzwinkle
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Overview: William Kotzwinkle is an American novelist, children’s writer, and screenwriter. His adult novels include the cult classics ‘The Fan Man’, ‘Fata Morgana’ and ‘Doctor Rat’. His novelization of ‘E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial’ was the number one best seller in 1982. Kotzwinkle won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1977, and is also a two time recipient of the National Magazine Award for fiction. Presented here are three novels, a novella and three story collections.
Genre: Fantasy, General fiction, Short fiction
Jewel of the Moon (.ePUB, .MOBI): 15 short stories published in 1985. ". . . Pain and pleasure, ecstasy and horror fuse in this splendid array of worldly parables from the pen of a master. What if you were a double amputee, singing for joy on the streets of New York . . . or a man who has actually held the earth in his hands? What if you were both the god and goddess in one of the most exalted erotic experiences in the universe . . . or the artist Correggio in the bitterness of his most sublime work . . . or a serving maid dreaming of love and luxury in a palace of death . . . or a man on a fatal mission, treading a battlefield ruled by a dying god? If you have the spirit and the longing to imagine, come along on a journey to the heart of passion—where love and hate are mirror images, where the alternating pulse beats of craving and denial define desire. Only William Kotzwinkle’s extraordinary talent could chart such a course, could send his vision soaring through so many forms of fancy."
Elephant Bangs Train (.ePUB, .MOBI): 16 short stories, including "A Most Incredible Meal" which won the National Magazine Award for Fiction.
…In a few lines we are deep in the world of an Indian mahout, or a Siberian peasant, or a mountie in Edwardian Canada; and the more day-to-day stories of childhood are full of deprecating humour and sly, appealing humility. His world is peopled with legendary figures from all times and places—including St. John Noonday who lied to men, women, animals, inanimate objects, ‘was master of the small lie of little consequence; was proficient in the long convoluted lie in which vast systems of falsehood spiralled, minutely detailed, leading nowhere’; and Wood Flower, living in a narrow cobbled lane beside Yellow River, whose ‘walk was perfect, having been trained in the school of Han Tan; her eyebrows, green slivered moons, rose above the magic pools of her eyes, in which both dragon and kissing fish swam.’
Swimmer in the Secret Sea (.ePUB, .MOBI): This is a little book with the largest of themes: birth and death. William Kotzwinkle, a writer with an original bent for wildly funny imagery, gives the reader nothing to laugh about here. Instead, he follows the struggle of an infant to be born-from the first womb contraction through a breech delivery. To tell precisely what happens to Diane, the mother, Johnny, the father, and to their infant son would be like paraphrasing a poem. Suffice it to say that Kotzwinkle projects powerful feelings of love and loss. “Swimmer in the Secret Sea” appeared first in Redbook and was among the O. Henry Prize stories of 1975
Hot Jazz Trio (.PDF): Here is William Kotzwinkle, illusionist, par excellence, juggling myth and reality, employing sleight of hand while putting the reader in his pocket. "Django Reinhardt Played the Blues" is pure theater, a surrealist evocation of Paris in the 1920s, starring Django Reinhardt and his Hot Jazz Trio, Jean Cocteau, Picasso, and a talking handkerchief. "Blues on the Nile: A Fragment of Papyrus" portrays the mighty Pharaoh sailing down the Nile with his dwarf, dancing girls and chief praiser. "Boxcar Blues" is a haunting fantasy of hobos who ride the rails with Pearl, a blowsy, broad-beamed ex-cashier. The book is richly illustrated throughout by Joe Servello.
The Midnight Examiner (.ePUB, .MOBI): A comic novel from 1989. "…As editor-in-chief, Howard Halliday is responsible for The Midnight Examiner as well as Young Nurse Romance, Brides Tell All, Macho Man, Knockers, Bottoms and Real Detective. Along with Howard are a zany staff including Fernando, whose twin hobbies are immortalizing the ‘Big Womans’ by painting an obscene mural on Howard’s wall and passing out; Forrest Crumpacker, the mail-order minister whose tailored clothes and impeccable grooming mask a personality built for sleaze; and Mitzi Mouse, who daydreams of writing poetry even as she poses for lurid photos for publisher Nathan Feingold. …This eccentric cast of characters become embroiled with a bloodthirty mafioso, Tony Baloney, and their paths crisscross that of a voodoo sorceress, an Egyptian tomb-robber, and a porn-queen in danger, who leads them into a headlong escapade as bizarre as any headlines from The Midnight Examiner."
The Game of Thirty (.ePUB, .MOBI): A suspense novel from 1994. "…Streetwise, witty, and with a sharp eye for the absurd, private detective Jimmy McShane has seen a lot in his time. He grew up on the docks of Hell’s Kitchen and spent a tour of duty in the Air Force guarding nuclear missile sites. But he’s never seen anything like the murder of Tommy Rennseler. The wealthy Madison Avenue antiques dealer died like an ancient Egyptian; injected with cobra venom, then ritually disemboweled.
Hired by the dead man’s daughter, McShane is drawn into the Game of Thirty, pastime of the pharaohs. And from the lowest depths of Times Square to the upper reaches of New York society, all Manhattan is the board upon which they’ll make their moves. It’s a game where more than priceless antiques are at stake, where nothing is forbidden, where young flesh is for sale… and death comes as quick as a serpent’s kiss."
Jack in the Box (.ePUB, .MOBI): Published in 1981. Can a young man from a small mining town find happiness as a human being? Can Jack Twiller, his mind warped by Masked Man, Tailspin Tommy and Secret Agent X-9, ever abandon the comic book heroes of his youth and find true maturity? Does he even want to?
A hilarious odyssey through American comic-book culture of the 40s, Jack’s story is witty, nostalgic and real.
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