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A tale inspired by the final days of literary master Stephen Crane is set in the underworld of turn-of-the-century New York and follows his deathbed dictation of his final novel, The Painted Boy, while bidding farewell to a long-time love. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
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In a damp, old Sussex castle, American literary phenomenon Stephen Crane lies on his deathbed, wasting away from tuberculosis at the age of twenty-eight. The world-famous author has retreated to England with his wife, Cora, in part to avoid gossip about her ignominious past as the proprietress of an infamous Florida bordello, the Hotel de Dream. In the midst of gathering tragedy, Crane begins dictating what will surely be his final work: a strange and poignant novel of a boy prostitute in 1890s New York and the married man who ruins his own life to win his love.
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