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He did not know what love was. And he did not know what good it was. But he knew he carried it around with him, a scabrous spot of rot, of contagion, for which there was no cure.
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Birth: | 7th June, 1935 |
Death: | 28th March, 2012 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Novelist, Professor |
Harry Eugene Crews was born in Alma, Georgia, USA. He was an American novelist and professor. He graduated from the University of Florida. He wrote several novels include: Gospel Singer, Karate is a Thing of the Spirit, Car, The hawk is dying, A feast of snakes, All We Need of Hell, The knockout artist, Body, Scar Lover, The Mulching of America, and Celebration. He published a memoir in 1978 titled A Childhood: The Biography of a Place. He was for many years professor of creative writing at the university of Florida.
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