Nothing but the Night

John Williams

Original title: Nothing but the night

first published 1948 Penguin Random House, 2018 128 pages

The University of Arkansas Press reprint series

Stoner author John Williams's first novel is a searing look at a man's relationship with his absent father, and how early trauma manifests throughout one's life John Williams's first novel is a brooding psychological noir. Arthur Maxley is a young man at the end of his emotional rope. Having dropped out of college, he's holed up in a big-city hotel, living off an allowance from his family, feeling nothing but alone a...

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Nothing but the Night paperback · 2019 · NYRB Classics · 144 pages · 9781681373072
Nothing but the Night edition · 2018 · Penguin Random House · 128 pages · 9781784873998
Nothing but the night edition · 1990 · University of Arkansas Press · 123 pages

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