Black Sun: The Brief Transit and Violent Eclipse of Harry Crosby (New York Review Books Classics)
GEOFFREY WOLFF (b. 1937) is the author of three other works of nonfiction—The Art of Burning Bridges: A Life of John O’Hara; The Duke of Deception, a memoir; andA Day at the Beach, a collection of personal essays—as well as six novels, most recentlyThe Age of Consent. In 1994 he received the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Mr. Wolff is the director of the graduate fiction program at the University of California, Irvine.