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By the end of The Life of William Faulkner, Volume 1, the young Faulkner had gone from an unpromising, self-mythologizing bohemian to the author of some of the most innovative and enduring literature of the century, including The Sound and the Fury and Light in August. The second volume of Carl Rollyson’s ambitious biography finds Faulkner lamenting the many threats to his creative existence. Feeling, as an artist, he should be above worldly concerns and even morality, he has instead inherited only debts and numerous mouths to feed and funerals to fund.

You heard about my book, you saw me on the front cover just a few seconds ago, you're debating in your mind right now whether you should listen to it or not. You are on the internet, ready to make your decision. This is my first autobiography, which took me six months to type and edit three times before sending it to Page Publishing. For pure entertainment, I would encourage you to confidently make this purchase. This listen is full of true relishing stories that will make you laugh, cry, or go "WTF, that's unbelievable".

A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, listeners can get caught up to speed on the lives of America's most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.