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Ron hansen is the author of ten novelsincluding mariette in ecstasy, desperadoes, and a wild surge of guilty passionand two short story collections, among them she loves me not. Ron hansen born december 8, 1947 is an american novelist, essayist, and professor. From the acclaimed author of atticus and mariette in ecstasy comes a stylish novel set in the harddrinking, fastliving new york city of the jazz age that follows two lovers in a torrid affair on an arc of murder and sexual selfdestruction. Hansens ruth snyder is a seductress, who has been on more laps than a. Now in paperback, a novel based on the sensational 1926 snydergray murder case that inspired countless classics, from double indemnity to the postman always rings twice. His novel the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert for. From the acclaimed author of atticus and mariette in ecstasy comes a stylish novel set in the harddrinking. Cain and william styron is the basis for ron hansens propulsive novel. June, 2011 ron hansens latest novel, a wild surge of guilty passion, fictionalizes an infamous crime of sexual transgression. His novel the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford was a finalist for the penfaulkner award.
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