Deadly Sins
by Mary Gordon, John Updike, William Trevor, Gore Vidal, Richard Howard, A. S. Byatt, Joyce Carol Oates
Who among us has not enjoyed a sin or two? Here are eight of the best present-day writers, discoursing on their favorite transgressions. (Even though Saint Thomas Aquinas only spoke of seven deadly sins, Joyce Carol Oates wanted to explore Despair.) Without guilt, readers can partake as the authors energetically defend Anger, Lust, Pride, and more. Line drawings. 2-color throughout.
FictionMystery & DetectiveLiterary CollectionsEssays
RELEASED1996
PUBLISHERW. Morrow
LENGTH125
LANGUAGEEN
Dame Antonia Susan Duffy (née Drabble; born 24 August 1936), known professionally by her former marriage name as A. S. Byatt, is an English novelist, poet and Booker Prize winner, and won the 2017 Park Kyong-ni Prize. In 2008, *The Times* named her on its list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945. **Source**: [A. S. Byatt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._S._Byatt) on Wikipedia.
Deadly Sins
by Mary Gordon, John Updike, William Trevor, Gore Vidal, Richard Howard, A. S. Byatt, Joyce Carol Oates
Who among us has not enjoyed a sin or two? Here are eight of the best present-day writers, discoursing on their favorite transgressions. (Even though Saint Thomas Aquinas only spoke of seven deadly sins, Joyce Carol Oates wanted to explore Despair.) Without guilt, readers can partake as the authors energetically defend Anger, Lust, Pride, and more. Line drawings. 2-color throughout.
FictionMystery & DetectiveLiterary CollectionsEssays
RELEASED1996
PUBLISHERW. Morrow
LENGTH125
LANGUAGEEN
Dame Antonia Susan Duffy (née Drabble; born 24 August 1936), known professionally by her former marriage name as A. S. Byatt, is an English novelist, poet and Booker Prize winner, and won the 2017 Park Kyong-ni Prize. In 2008, *The Times* named her on its list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945. **Source**: [A. S. Byatt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._S._Byatt) on Wikipedia.
