 the year 1988 in literature involved some significant literary events and new books. ==events== *march 7 â 1988 writers guild of america strike: one day after rejecting a softened final offer from producers, 9,000 movie and television writers go on strike.strike announced by writers for tv, new york times, march 7, 1988 *may 28&ndash;31 â first hay festival of literature held in the welsh marches. *may 30 - alaric hunt and his brother kill student joyce austin in clemson, south carolina, usa. hunt is quickly arrested and jailed. while still a prisoner, he becomes a prize-winning crime novelist."crime novel by murderer wins literary award", the guardian, 13 january 2014. accessed 13 february 2014 *june - the panasonic globe theatre in tokyo opens with a presentation of ingmar bergman's production of shakespeare's hamlet. *august 7 â writers guild of america strike formally ends.writers ratify contract, ending longest strike, new york times, august 8, 1988 *vasily grossman's novel life and fate (ÐÐ¸Ð·Ð½Ñ Ð¸ ÑÑÐ´ÑÐ±Ð°, completed 1959) is first published in the soviet union, originally in the magazine oktyabr. ==new books== *caio fernando abreu â os dragÃµes nÃ£o conhecem o paraÃ­so ("dragons", short stories) *margaret atwood â cat's eye *bernardo atxaga â obabakoak (short stories) *j. g. ballard **memories of the space age **running wild *iain m. banks â the player of games *clive barker **cabal **the hellbound heart *thomas berger â the houseguest *dionne brand â sans souci and other stories *ray bradbury â the toynbee convector *orson scott card â treason *peter carey â oscar and lucinda *roger caron â jojo *michael chabon â the mysteries of pittsburgh *tom clancy â the cardinal of the kremlin *paulo coelho â the alchemist *hugh cook â the walrus and the warwolf *bernard cornwell **sharpe's rifles **wildtrack *jim crace â the gift of stones *roald dahl â matilda *tsitsi dangarembga â nervous conditions *l. sprague de camp and catherine crook de camp â the stones of nomuru *don delillo â [[libra 
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