James Jones: A Friendship

By Willie Morris

Book Overview

An exquisite and lyrical rendering of an artist and his work, this book celebrates a rare bond that transcends both the vicissitudes of life and the finality of death. The author spins out Jones's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385144326
• ISBN13: 9780385144322
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A real mans friendship.

This book was the basis for the excellent film "A soldiers daughter never cries". The writing is fine and gentle, Morris is a scholarly man with a deft comic touch. The author and his friend James Jones belong square in the American "geography of masculinity" literary genre, peopled by the likes of Jim Harrison. If you enjoyed "Legends of the Fall" you will enjoy this for different but similar reasons. It would have been great fun to go drinking with these guys! Highly recommended.