James Greer

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James Greer is an American novelist, screenwriter, musician, and critic. He lives in Los Angeles but spends much of his time in France. Greer was Senior Editor and Senior Writer at Spin magazine in NYC in the early 90s. He then moved to Dayton, Ohio, where in 1994 he joined the influential Indie rock band Guided By Voices, contributing bass guitar and vocals to the albums Alien Lanes (Matador, 1995) and Under the Bushes Under the Stars (Matador, 1996) and touring extensively across the U.S. and in Europe. He was engaged to Kim Deal of the Pixies/Breeders from 1991 until their break-up in 1996. Greer has published two novels, Artificial Light (Little House on the Bowery/Akashic, 2006) and The Failure (Akashic, 2010). Artificial Light won a California Book Award Silver Medal for First Fiction. Noted American novelist Dennis Cooper has written about Greer's latest novel that "James Greer, one of the nimblest and most multilayered American fiction writers, has, with his latest novel The Failure, pulled off a sublime and shivery-smooth literary hat-trick-cum-emotional-gotcha. I defy anyone to come up with an equation to explain how this book's first impression as a ridiculously clever, funny crime story can gradually disclose a metanovel built from far more encyclopedic scratch only to reveal upon its conclusion a central, overriding thought so heartfelt literally it trembles your lower lip. This is one stunning piece of work." Greer also wrote a biography of Guided By Voices, Guided By Voices: A Brief History (Black Cat/Grove Press, 2005). Source: Wikipedia

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Bir Kurt Cobain Romani - Genc Ruh Gibi Kokardi
Representative edition published 2013
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Spiders
Representative edition published 2012
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The Failure
Representative edition published 2010
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Artificial Light
Representative edition published 2006
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Guided by Voices
Representative edition published 2005
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Bad Eminence (Paperback Edition)
Representative edition published 2023
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Ties That Bind?
Representative edition published 2023
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Three Wee Ulster Lassies
Representative edition published 2023
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Unleashing Hope
Representative edition published 2022
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Heart of the Matter
Representative edition published 2017
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Out of Ideas
Representative edition published 2017
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More Perfect Union
Representative edition published 2017
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Forensic Statement Analysis
Representative edition published 2015
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Pilot Study of Natural Attenuation of Arsenic in Well Water Discharged to the Little River above Lake Thunderbird, Norman, Oklahoma 2012
Representative edition published 2014
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The Windings of the Moy
Representative edition published 1986
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