Don Carpenter: 8 books

“Don Carpenter’s semi-”autobiographical Fridays at Enrico’s can be read as the swan song of the entire Love Generation.” —The New York Times Book Review The author of A Hard Rain Falling and A Couple of Comedians, Don Carpenter was one of the finest novelists working in the west....

Don Carpenter wrote about Hollywood like no one else. Hollywood Trilogy collects, for the first time, Carpenter’s most significant Hollywood novels-A Couple of Comedians, The Turnaround and The True Life Story of Jody McKeegan-into a single volume. Here readers will find the jungle of “B” movie...

Everything Love Brings is the story of a woman named Darlene Carpenter, a community called Cascade, Iowa, and two years which featured tremendous fear, sorrow and loss. It’s also a little bit about recovery and moving on with the help of people who love me.You’ll meet Darlene, a sweet,...

A hardboiled novel about life in the American underground, from the pool halls of Portland to the cells of San Quentin. Simply one of the finest books ever written about being down on your luck. Don Carpenter’s Hard Rain Falling is a tough-as-nails account of being down and out, but never...

Vrijdagen bij Enrico’s is het verhaal van een groep schrijvers uit San Francisco en Portland tijdens de vroege, onstuimige dagen van de Beat-scene – een tijd van dromen en onbegrensde mogelijkheden. We volgen auteur Charlie en zijn jonge vrouw Jaime, beiden laverend tussen de opwinding van beginnend...

In den wilden Tagen der Beat Generation trifft sich die Bohème von San Francisco jeden Freitag im Enrico's, um nächtelang zu trinken und zu diskutieren. Die jungen Schriftsteller sind voller Tatendrang und Lust, das Leben in all seinen Facetten zu ergründen. Der Roman fängt nostalgisch eine Epoche...

From the youngest living recipient of the Medal of Honor, an extraordinary inspirational memoir that will change the life of every reader. “Kyle displayed a heroism in the blink of an eye that will inspire for generations” —President Barack Obama, at Kyle Carpenter's Medal of Honor ceremony I...

The elderly represent the fastest growing segment of the population in developed countries, reflected in the patient population presenting to EDs and hospitals. These patients more often than not have greater co-morbidities, more complicated workups and utilize more laboratory and radiologic services. This...