The Greatest Books: Written by Edwin O'Connor

Edwin O'Connor

Nationality: American
Description: Edwin O'Connor (July 29, 1918 – March 23, 1968) was an American journalist, novelist, and radio commentator. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1962 for his novel The Edge of Sadness (1961). His ancestry was Irish, and his novels concerned the Irish-American experience and often dealt with the lives of politicians and priests.
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Gender: Male

The best books of all time by Edwin O'Connor

2131 . The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor

Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1962, this haunting novel shattered reigning cultural stereotypes of priests and parish life when it was first published. Father Hugh Kennedy is a recov...

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