I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.
Titles link to commentary on the novels.
On Having a Sister On Raising a Niece Information about the film version of the novel. The Story of Temple Drake and Sanctuary . On Grief The Tall Convict's remark upon receiving a 10-year sentence for escape Television film adaptation of the novella Old Man . The Long Hot Summer , also remade for TV .