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Pure Slaughter Value
''Pure Slaughter Value'' (1997) is a collection of 13 short stories by Robert Bingham, which, alongside his novel ''Lightning on the Sun ''Lightning on the Sun'' (2000) is the only novel by Robert Bingham, published after his death in 1999. The novel relates how Asher, a "privileged young man", travels to Cambodia and wrestles with, amongst other things, drug addiction and trouble ...'' (published 2000), represents the only works he produced prior to his death in 1999. The stories are populated by "curiously unsympathetic" characters that are "jaded rich kids and yuppies strung out on familial malfeasance and their own immaturity, blocked from satisfaction in either work or love"; a Guardian review considered the stories to be "filled with hatred of the elitist world that spawned its author." The New York Times made note of Bingham's "acute observational powers and clean, reportorial prose." List of stories * "I'm Talking About Another House" * "This Is How A Woman Gets Hit" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bingham (writer)
Robert Worth Bingham IV (March 14, 1966 – November 28, 1999) was an American writer and a founding editor of the ''Open City (magazine), Open City Magazine''. Early life A member of a wealthy family from Louisville, Kentucky, his great-grandfather was the politician and newspaper publisher Robert Worth Bingham, and his grandfather, Barry Bingham, Sr., went into the family newspaper businesses as an editor and publisher. Bingham's father, Robert Worth Bingham III (known by his middle name), who also worked in the family business and was expected to take over, was killed aged 34 in a car accident while on vacation at Cape Cod in 1966, when his son was only three months old. Bingham graduated from Brown University in 1988. He then received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University. Career After graduating from Columbia, his fiction and non-fiction appeared in ''The New Yorker'', and he worked for two years as a reporter for the ''Cambodia Daily''. He wrote the short st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lightning On The Sun
''Lightning on the Sun'' (2000) is the only novel by Robert Bingham, published after his death in 1999. The novel relates how Asher, a "privileged young man", travels to Cambodia and wrestles with, amongst other things, drug addiction and trouble with a loan shark. In the New York Times, Stacey D'Erasmo Stacey D'Erasmo (born 1961) is an American author and literary critic. Biography D'Erasmo was born in 1961 in New York City. She received a B.A. from Barnard College and an M.A. from New York University in English and American literature. From 1 ... highlighted Bingham's "wicked sense of humor" and stated that the book reaches its peak in quality when Bingham's writing is at its "most nihilistic, when he lets the devils play." In a review of the novel, Publishers Weekly commented that Bingham "might have become one of the strongest (writers) of his generation." The novel was partly inspired by Bingham's own time spent in Cambodia. References {{Reflist External links * https:/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Short Story Collections
Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 16 – Murder of Ennis Cosby: Near Interstate 405 (California) on a Los Angeles freeway, Bill Cosby's son Ennis is shot in the head in a failed robbery attempt. * January 17 – A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral. * January 18 – In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 6 Spanish aid workers and three soldiers, and seriously wound another. * January 19 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city. (→ Hebron Agreement) * January 23 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State of the United States, after confirmation by the United States Senate. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
