Career
His novels include: The Gospel Singer (1968), Naked in Garden Hills (1969), This Thing Don't Lead to Heaven (1970), Karate Is a Thing of the Spirit (1971), Car (1972), The Hawk Is Dying (1973), The Gypsy's Curse (1974), A Feast of Snakes (1976), All We Need of Hell (1987), The Knockout Artist (1988), Body (1990), Scar Lover (1992), The Mulching of America (1995), Celebration (1998), An American Family: The Baby with the Curious Markings (2006). Short Stories: The Enthusiast (1981), Two (1984). Play: Blood Issue (1989). Autobiography: A Childhood: The Biography of a Place (1978).