Thomas    Williams,Andre Dubus III
In 1975 the National Book Award Fiction Prize was awarded to two writers: Robert Stone and Thomas Williams. Yet only Stone's ,Dog Soldiers, is still remembered today. That oversight is startling when considering the literary impact of ,The Hair of Harold Roux,. A dazzlingly crafted novel-within-a-novel hailed as a masterpiece, it deserves a new generation of readers. ,In The Hair of Harold Roux,, we are introduced to Aaron Benham: college professor, writer, husband, and father. Aaron-when he can focus-is at work on a novel, ,The Hair of Harold Roux,, a thinly disguised autobiographical account of his college days. In Aaron's novel, his alter ego, Allard Benson, courts a young woman, despite the efforts of his rival, the earnest and balding Harold Roux-a GI recently returned from World War II with an unfortunate hairpiece. What unfolds through Aaron's mind, his past and present, and his nested narratives is a fascinating exploration of sex and friendship, responsibility and regret, youth and middle age, and the essential fictions that see us through.
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The Hair of Harold Roux