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Andre Dubus III
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Andre Dubus III is an American writer of fiction and memoir. His 1999 novel House of Sand and Fog lounged for 20 weeks on The New York Times’s Bestseller List in 2000 and 2001 and became a feature film in 2003. His 2008, based-on-real-events novel The Garden of Last Days explores the final days of one of the 9/11 terrorists, who chose to spend them indulging in the sins of the West. His 2012 memoir Townie is a profound meditation on the nature of violence. Born in 1959, Dubus obtained his bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Texas. Before succeeding as a writer, he worked odd jobs as a carpenter, bounty hunter, and bartender.
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We’re bopping around like little birds on a wire looking at anything that pops up.
Maybe we’re not going to demonize the poor or the guy who lost his house as much as we might have 15 years ago.
There are circumstances where violence is necessary, says Andre Dubus III, author of Townie, but it always takes a heavy spiritual toll.
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There are circumstances where violence is unavoidable, says author Andre Dubus III, but it always takes a heavy spiritual toll.
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A reading by Andre Dubus highlights the duality typical of his characters.
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Andre Dubus writes more than novels and finds inspiration in poetry, but finds that screenplays lack “sensual details.”