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Andre Dubus III


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in Oceanside, California, The United States
September 11, 1959

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Andre Dubus III is the author of The Garden of Last Days, House of Sand and Fog (a #1 New York Times bestseller, Oprah’s Book Club pick, and finalist for the National Book Award) and Townie, winner of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. His writing has received many honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Magazine Award, and two Pushcart Prizes. He lives with his family north of Boston.

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House of Sand and Fog

3.86 avg rating — 134,823 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions
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Townie

3.79 avg rating — 8,287 ratings — published 2011 — 16 editions
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The Garden of Last Days

3.52 avg rating — 5,203 ratings — published 2008 — 38 editions
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Dirty Love

3.53 avg rating — 3,822 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions
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Such Kindness

3.99 avg rating — 3,072 ratings — published 2023 — 8 editions
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Gone So Long

3.67 avg rating — 2,896 ratings — published 2019 — 14 editions
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Bluesman

3.73 avg rating — 544 ratings — published 1993 — 16 editions
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Ghost Dogs: On Killers and Kin

4.19 avg rating — 447 ratings — published 2024 — 6 editions
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The Cage Keeper and Other S...

3.61 avg rating — 341 ratings — published 1989 — 12 editions
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Reaching Inside: 50 Acclaim...

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“The truth is life is full of joy and full of great sorrow, but you can't have one without the other.”
Andre Dubus III, House of Sand and Fog

“it's almost easier being down and alone than when you re up and no one s there to share the view with you”
Andre Dubus III, House of Sand and Fog

“Dat's what they say of this cauntry back home, Kath: 'America, the land of milk and honey.' Bot they never tell you the milk's gone sour and the honey's stolen.”
Andre Dubus III, House of Sand and Fog

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