Lives of the Saints (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: David Slavitt
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: Florida
- Principal Characters: The Narrator-protagonist, Sidney Lansberg, John Babcock, Stephanie Strattion
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Murder or homicide, 1980’s, Victims, Bereavement or grief, Life and death, Saints or sainthood, Drunk driving or drivers
- Locales: Florida
The tone of David R. Slavitt’s novel Lives of the Saints reflects his literary career. His novels The Hussar (1987) and Salazar Blinks (1988), his books of poetry The Walls of Thebes (1 986) and Equinox (1989), and his 1990 translation Ovid’s Poetry of Exile are, as it were, some of his credentials for such a tone. In addition, Slavitt has been a college professor and a film critic for Newsweek; the narrator-protagonist of Lives of the Saints himself is a former college teacher and writes for the Star, a sensationalist tabloid....
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