Nothing in our times has become so unattractive as virtue.
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We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives.
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Birth: | 22nd July, 1900 |
Death: | 27th February, 1977 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Novelist |
Edward Dahlberg was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an American novelist. He eventually attended the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University. His first novel, Bottom Dogs, was based on his childhood experiences at the orphanage and his travels in the American West. The Sorrows of Priapus was published in 1957, becoming his most successful book thus far.
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