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Alfred Chester

Alfred Chester was an American writer known for his provocative, experimental work, including the novels Jamie Is My Heart's Desire and The Exquisite Corpse and the short story collection Behold Goliath.

Books

Stories from the Transatlantic Review
Stories from the Transatlantic Review
Alan Sillitoe, Joyce Carol Oates, Leonard Michaels, John Banville, William Trevor, Paul Bowles, Bruce Jay Friedman, Jerome Charyn, William Goldman, Malcolm Bradbury, John Updike, John McPhee, Austin Clarke, Sol Yurick, Thomas Bridges, Jay Neugeboren, George Garrett, Daniel Spicehandler, Jean Claude Van Itallie, Penelope Gilliatt, Harry D. Miller, Alfred Chester, Victor Sawdon Pritchett, Frank Tuohy, Irvin Faust, Morris Lurie, Asa Baber, Paul Breslow, Hugh Allyn Hunt, Edward Franklin, Norma Meacock, Virginia Moriconi, Shirley Schoonover, Walter Clemons
Jamie is My Heart's Desire
Jamie is My Heart's Desire
Alfred Chester
The Exquisite Corpse
The Exquisite Corpse
Alfred Chester

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