A wry, moving collection of Letters from the late J.
Though Powers\'s fiction dwelt chiefly on the lives of Catholic priests, he long planned to write a novel of Family life, a feat he never accomplished..
Powers drew praise from Evelyn Waugh, Flannery O\'Connor, Saul Bellow, and Philip Roth, among others.
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Powers, "a comic writer of genius" (Mary Gordon) Best known for his 1963 National Book Award-winning novel, Morte D\'Urban, and as a master of the short story, J.
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A wry, moving collection of Letters from the late J