The American Prophet of Delusion: Robert Stone’s Last Major Interview

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In one of the last interviews he granted, the late novelist talked about everything from fiction to the varying definitions of faith.

Published Jan. 13 2015 1:50PM EST

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Until he died in his sleep on Saturday, at the age of 77, Robert Stone was my favorite living American author. He wrote dark comedies of American manners that had some of the brightness of Evelyn Waugh layered over with heavy Jimi Hendrix-style emotional distortion and feedback, set among the...

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The American Prophet of Delusion: Robert Stone’s Last Major Interview

In one of the last interviews he granted, the late novelist talked about everything from fiction to the varying definitions of faith.

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David Samuels