For an author whose work has been regarded as the most important in terms of the turbulent years of the mid-20th century and who eroded the boundaries between literature, journalism and political commentary, there have been relatively few attempts to present a vibrant portrait of the man behind the writings. An interest in him endures, principally because it is difficult to differentiate between the man who recorded the terrible events of the depression and the fiction writer who used literature to predict grim possibilities and diagnose horribly endemic inclinations.
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