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	New Georgia Encyclopedia: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
		Many of the characters in the novel are grotesques, a term in southern literature for those who are known for their exaggerated attributes, unusual characteristics, or obsessive-compulsive thought processes or behaviors.
		McCullers is best known for her novels The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940), Reflections in a Golden Eye (1941), The Member of the Wedding (1946), and The Ballad of the Sad Café (1951).
		In April 2004 the novel was chosen by the talk-show host Oprah Winfrey to be featured in her book club, spiking sales and public awareness of the classic in the twenty-first century.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-476 (837 words)

	The Marvelous Mabel Stark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Certainly, Stark thought tigers the most handsome animals alive; the opening words of Hold That Tiger, an autobiography she published in 1938, are as follows: "They call the lion king of the jungle, but the tiger is the royal lord of all animal creation.
		Stark, on the other hand, was on her way up, debuting a 10-tiger act, the biggest at the time in America.
		This left Stark in a state of excommunicated misery, made worse by the fact that she never really knew whether this decision was a form of punishment for her alliance with Ewing or whether it was just a capricious whim of the Ringlings.
	www.discoverkate.com /movies/mabel-stark/press_2003-04-06_guardian.html (3388 words)

	stark - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Stark, Johannes (1874-1957), German physicist and winner of the 1919 Nobel Prize in physics for his discovery of the nature of electron...
		Stark and Stark : New Jersey Lawyers - New York Attorneys
		USS Stark (FFG-31), twenty-third ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Admiral Harold Rainsford Stark (1880–1972).
	encarta.msn.com /stark.html (226 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Final Confession of Mabel Stark: Books: Robert Hough (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Recounted as Stark is turning 80 in 1968, the faux memoir follows her path to superstardom through the 1910s and '20s as she learns to tame tigers and men, and finally tours with the famous Ringling Brothers Circus.
		Stark, born Mary Haynie, is a teenage Louisville, Ky., nurse, when she is committed to a mental hospital after rebelling against her brutish husband's insensitivity.
		Stark was evidently a woman who had (at best!) ambivalent relationships with men, and one who earned her fame in feats of athleticism and bravery that were amazing in a person of any gender.
	www.amazon.ca /Final-Confession-Mabel-Stark/dp/0679310916 (1410 words)

	Stephen King The Dark Half
		Beaumont's alter ego (for Stark is obviously more than just a pen name) seeks revenge against all those involved in killing him off, and his murderous rampage, gory and gripping, systematically reduces the ranks of his enemies to Thad, his wife and two children.
		Stark's aim--to force Beaumont to write another Stark novel--is basically a variation on King's Misery, in which a deranged fan held a writer captive until he wrote another novel featuring the heroine whose life he had terminated in his previous book.
		No character in the novel comes right out and says, for example, that writers exist (at least to readers) only in their writing, that each person (at least to himself) is his own fiction, that the writer's imagination can feel alien to him, a possessing and possessive demon.
	www.stephenkingshop.com /books/king/books/TheDarkHalf1989.htm (718 words)

	Bookreporter.com - BREAKOUT by Richard Stark
		Stark takes the section and relegates Parker to a secondary character in his own book, focusing instead on a minor character in each of the chapters in this section.
		Stark isn't fooling around here for grins and giggles --- every word of what happens is important --- but in the space of a little less than 80 pages he accomplishes what it took Thornton Wilder a full novel to do in THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY.
		I had the feeling that Stark did it this way as a means of exercising his creative muscles, as a way of challenging his abilities, the way an Olympian weightlifter will throw a couple of extra quarters on the bar when he already holds the gold.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews/089296779X.asp (903 words)

	Scott Stark
		Stark served for seven years on the board of the San Francisco Cinematheque, during which time, among many other things, he co-founded the Cinematheque's journal of film and media art, Cinematograph.
		Stark’s More Than Meets the Eye: Remaking Jane Fonda was, by the artist’s own admission, something of an indictment of Fonda in its previous form, an interrogation of how a vocal feminist and anti-war activist takes on a second life as a fitness guru.
		Stark's analytical insistence pits his passionate acuity against dispassionate executions while giving the found material a sporting chance towards atomized immortality and ritual replay.
	www.hi-beam.net /mkr/ss/ss-bio.html (4212 words)

	Books: Book Reviews (Austin Chronicle . 08-02-99)
		Stark's San Francisco is a circus of girls in leather and vinyl and vintage, baby-T's and nipple rings.
		Stark's achievement in bringing this city of girls (there are no male characters) to life is the novel's strongest element, and her San Francisco remains vastly more interesting than her human characters.
		Despite the injection of a little mystery as the two women uncover Shy's mother's secret past, the narrative seems to be mostly a framework for Stark to explore the twin themes of identity and memory, which are Alta's and the novel's obsession.
	weeklywire.com /ww/08-02-99/austin_books_feature1.html (1262 words)

	English prof's writing earns him Ragsdale/NEA summer fellowship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Stark's father-in-law, a rancher in southern Texas, and his tall tales inspired him to write his best known work, Chasing Uncle Charlie, published in 1992, which he describes as a "bizarre, psychological western." It centers on the quest of a 17-year-old youth sent to find Uncle Charlie, a fugitive because of a killing.
		Stark, who teaches American literature and a fiction-writing workshop at UD, is working on a novel set in pre-revolutionary Nicaragua, with the working title, Catching the Bus to Columbia.
		Stark said he is looking forward to the summer experience.
	www.udel.edu /PR/UpDate/99/22/stark.html (308 words)

	Stark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stark Hyperspace War, fictional conflict described in the Star Wars universe
		USS Stark (FFG-31) (1982–1999), a former guided-missile frigate
		Harold Rainsford Stark (1880–1972), American admiral of the U.S. Navy during WWII
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stark (356 words)

	Stark State English instructor Catherine Rock publishes in The Chaucer Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Catherine Rock, an English instructor for the past five years at Stark State College, recently published in The Chaucer Review, a journal of medieval studies and literary criticism.
		Her article, “The Werewolf of Paris as a Novel of Social Criticism”, was published last year in Studies in Weird Fiction.
		Rock, a resident of Akron, earned a master’s of arts in English and a master’s of arts in French from Kent State University where she is pursuing a Ph.D. in English literature with a specialization in medieval English and Anglo-Norman French literature.
	www.starkstate.edu /campusinfo/news/Rock_published.htm (231 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Richard Stark - Lemons Never Lie at Epinions.com
		Stark is also the darker alter-ego of acclaimed author Donald E. Westlake (it's no coincidence that Stephen King chose "Richard" Bachman as his own pseudonym and George "Stark" for Bachman's fictional counterpart in The Dark Half), and their respective books differ in tone.
		First published in 1962, the same year Stark first appeared, it just may have been the novel that brought the author's dual nature to his own attention.
		Stark is different than most authors I've read in that he seems to put his characters in the most difficult position possible, given the options available, and then challenge himself (and them) to see if they can get out of it.
	www.epinions.com /content_261751869060 (791 words)

	Amazon.com: Shy Girl: A Novel: Books: Elizabeth Stark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Stark's first novel is an astonishing story of the power of secrets and things left unsaid.
		Elizabeth Stark's novel is a fast read that is compelling and beautifully written.
		Stark expresses her ideas so eloquently, and the story is fabulous.
	www.amazon.com /Shy-Girl-Novel-Elizabeth-Stark/dp/1580050476 (1552 words)

	A Novel the State Doesn’t Want You To Read
		For Stark Young, the McGehees are the embodiment of that kind of person, with a continuity of memories going back to the time of their ancestor, who was THE McGregor, head of the Scottish clan, when it was outlawed by Cromwell and forbidden the name.
		The McGehees are “Celtic rebels” against the power of the ruthless, modern, gunpoint-unified Nation, personified in the novel by William Tecumseh Sherman and U.S. Grant and in the McGehee’s past by Oliver Cromwell and William of Orange.
		The lesson Hugh had taught Edward is the primacy of familial, cultural, and local political connections over theoretical, ideological, and expansive political associations, for the latter three are abstract and bloodless and therefore lifeless.
	www.lewrockwell.com /orig/cantrell4.html (2010 words)

	Sagarra über Stark: The Novel in Anglo-German Context
		Sagarra über Stark: The Novel in Anglo-German Context
		Mary Howard's observation in her analysis of the concept of the 'Novel' in British reception of post-Napoleonic fiction, namely that if we juxtapose texts from different cultures, we read them differently, could serve as a kind of sub-text for the whole volume.
		As Susanne Stark reminds us in her case study of Freytag, Dickens and the programmatic realists, there are a whole variety of factors to be taken into consideration: "translation interacts with literary criticism, is not transparent [...] not straightforward, but frequently manipulative and political".
	iasl.uni-muenchen.de /rezensio/liste/sagarra.htm (1925 words)

	Craig's Book Club's Newest Reviews (It Came from Below the Belt, Bradley Sands, The Farm, Scott Nicholson, Casket for ...
		It Came from Below the Belt -- the debut novel of Bradley Sands, editor of "the journal of absurdist and surreal fiction," Bust Down the Door and Eat All the Chickens -- is a fine example of the burgeoning genre known as bizarro.
		I originally thought it was going to be a horror novel due to the freaky cover art by Lucas Aguirre, but It Came from Below the Belt is probably more rightly termed science fiction due to its involvement with time travel.
		Even crime fiction aficionados are unlikely to be aware of the three Sam Briscoe novels he wrote early in his career, of which The Guns of Heaven is one (Dirty Laundry and The Deadly Piece are the others).
	www.geocities.com /craigsbookclub/whatsnew.html (5391 words)

	Stark (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stark is a 1989 novel written by Ben Elton.
		CD and friend Rachel become embroiled in the titular Stark conspiracy; a cabal of Earth's richest and most influential men has long been aware that the planet's entire ecosystem is approaching total collapse.
		The novel is largely a satire of business, government and social attitudes toward the environment in the late 1980s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stark_(novel) (171 words)

	Amazon.ca: Stark: Books: Ben Elton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It is apparent from Elton's first novel, Stark, that he has tremendous ability as a word crafter and imagineer (I made that word up - it means "one who can conjure an interesting story.") Unfortunately, as his first novel was released, he had not firmly established his skills as a novelist.
		Since the entire novel rests on the slow revelation of that conspiracy, any further plot discussion would be a spoil, so that's that.
		But Stark is simply too long, too poorly written, and too poorly edited to really have the impact; at over 450 pages it takes forever to get going, and when it finally does get going, the storyline has been so jumbled as to remove any "voice" Mr Elton may have in his later works.
	www.amazon.ca /Stark-Ben-Elton/dp/0747403902 (1385 words)

	Earl Doherty on Vardis Fisher, Part 1 -- Autumn, 2000
		A twelfth novel, set in the present, was autobiographical, revealing the personal life and thought of the man behind the Testament and telling the story of its writing and publication.
		This is no doubt the main reason why the novels did not become the influential bestsellers Fisher hoped, despite his belief that their controversial content would be the very thing that would bring them to public attention.
		At the core of this novel lies a stark, classic Darwinism: the survival of the fittest.
	atheists.org /Atheism/fisher1.html (2509 words)

	The Dark Half (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Adapting a novel to the screen is never a simple task.
		Not only is King beloved by millions, his fans hanging on his every word, but he is also one of the world’s most imaginative writers, easily setting things down on the page that can’t easily be transferred to the screen.
		While Romero, who both wrote and directed, does a good job of bringing King’s story to the screen, he fails to emulate the tone of the novel "The Dark Half." At 431-pages, "The Dark Half" is one of King’s shorter works.
	www.dvdreview.com /html/the_dark_half.shtml (1063 words)

	June 2006, by Eric Flint \| Columns \| Jim Baen's Universe
		And, while the novel market is and always will be intrinsically more lucrative than the short form market, it is also an extremely harsh environment for authors.
		Novels, unlike washing machines and toasters and automobiles, are unique, each and every one of them.
		Midlist writers working at novel length usually live and die on their ability to show they can do well in paperback, so a publisher will give them a shot at a hardcover.
	baens-universe.com /articles/editorial_one (3164 words)

	Kev's Sparrow Stephen King Sparrow House of the Dark Half Sparrow
		It is unrelentingly violent, similar to the novels King wrote under his own pseudonym, Richard Bachman (who, incidentally, the novel is dedicated to).
		It is a layered novel, with many themes of the writer's craft and to what degree he is responsible for the consequences of that craft.
		When Stark discovers he needs to write to stay alive, it was pure energy to me. Even though I'd been writing for a long period of time, it was with this book that I gave up the ridiculous subconcious notion that writing was "wimpy" and really could be this good.
	members.tripod.com /~charnelhouse/darkhalf.html (996 words)

	Books : Lemons Never Lie (Hard Case Crime) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On the good side however is, as always, Stark's dialogue, and the nitty gritty of planning and executing a crime.
		The dark alter-ego of Donald Westlake, Stark is primarily known for his Parker series, a grim, brooding existential treatment of the crime novel that takes its existential elements to places it has not been before or since.
		Stark's plotting and timing --- as Grofield begins the painstaking process of getting his own back, even as events start their eventual spiral out of his control --- is nothing less than masterful.
	www.cosyreading.info /0843955945/Lemons_Never_Lie_Hard_Case_Crime.shtml (1912 words)

	Best of 2006
		From fiery eruptions, geysers and stark geology, through single-celled organisms and fish, to the rise of amphibians and reptiles, birds, flowering plants and mammals, this is a splendid tale of biodiversity and wonder.
		A detailed portrait of Kim Il Sung and his son and successor Kim Jong-Il, their monstrous egos, appetites and monuments, and of the relationship of North Korea to the rest of the world, by a Newsweek bureau chief.
		This novel by Booker Prize-winning historical novelist Barry Unsworth is set in Sicily during the Crusades.
	www.longitudebooks.com /find/d/10589/mcms.html (1840 words)

	Bookreporter.com - Author Profile: Richard Stark
		Richard Stark is one of the preeminent authors-and inventors-of noir crime fiction.
		Stark's recent Parker novels COMEBACK and BACKFLASH were selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year.
		Richard Stark is also, at times, mystery Grand Master Donald E. Westlake.
	www.bookreporter.com /AUTHORS/au-stark-richard.asp (207 words)

	After two roars from the MGM lion
		During their peak in the late 60s and early 70s, these cold, hard, stripped-down books were extremely popular in prison libraries across the country, due to the fact that the main characters are killers and thieves who always get away in the end.
		The big screen adaptations of Stark’s novels range from excellent to excrutiating, but they all have one thing in common: screenwriters who felt the need to change Parker’s name.
		Thankfully, Richard Stark himself returned from a twenty-three year vacation recently to give us two more top-notch Parker adventures, Comeback and Backflash, which are now playing at a bookstore or library near you.
	www.geocities.com /SoHo/Nook/5171/articles/badazz.htm (902 words)

	New in mysteries
		In Comeback, the 21st Stark novel and the first since Butcher's Moon, Parker teams with two men and a woman to rob an oily-tongued evangelist named William Archibald.
		His reputation may have faded slightly after his tragically early death in 1937 at age 47, and it's true that his finest work appeared in the pulp magazines Weird Tales and Amazing Stories, which ensured that he would be consigned to the lowest levels of the House of Literature.
		The Annotated H.P. Lovecraft includes the short novel At the Mountains of Madness and three of his most memorable short stories: The Rats in the Walls, The Dunwich Horror and The Colour Out of Space (Lovecraft was fond of British usages, such as whilst, shewn and labour).
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/ae/books/9798/11/02/mysteries.html (1210 words)

	Amazon.de: Shy Girl: English Books: Elizabeth Stark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On the other hand, her refusal to let her characters mend the past tidily or sentimentally is impressive.
		Starks novel works best as an evocation of lesbian life; the message-driven plot itself, presumably intended to add gravitas by depicting the dangers of keeping silent, is less effective.
		Elizabeth Stark's novel is a one of a kind book.
	www.amazon.de /Shy-Girl-Elizabeth-Stark/dp/0374263523 (1296 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Books: Review - Firebreak
		Westlake's alter ego wrote hard-boiled crime caper novels featuring a terse, diamond-tough criminal named Parker, too unsentimental and matter of fact to waste time on a first name.
		The first novel, published as a paperback original, was called The Hunter, and it established Parker as a noir icon: a sort of Hammett Continental Op character gone bad.
		Firebreak, the 24th Richard Stark novel, finds Parker in top form again, with the Internet and Lexus luxury cars the only apparent concessions to the passage of time.
	www.austinchronicle.com /gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:85842 (523 words)

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