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Bruce Jay Friedman
Bruce Jay Friedman lives in New York City. A novelist, short story writer, playwright, memoirist, and screenwriter, he is the author of nineteen books, including Stern (1962), A Mo...view moreBruce Jay Friedman lives in New York City. A novelist, short story writer, playwright, memoirist, and screenwriter, he is the author of nineteen books, including Stern (1962), A Mother’s Kisses (1964), The Lonely Guy’s Book of Life (1978), and Lucky Bruce: A Literary Memoir (2011). His best-known works of stage and screen include the off-Broadway hit Steambath (1970) and the screenplays for Stir Crazy (1980) and Splash (1984), the latter of which received an Academy Award nomination. As editor of the anthology Black Humor (1965), Friedman helped popularize the distinctive literary style of that name in the United States and is widely regarded as one of its finest practitioners. According to the New York Times, his prose is “a pure pleasure machine.”view less
Books by Bruce Jay Friedman
The Collected Short Fiction of Bruce Jay Friedman Stern Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lonely Guy and The Slightly Older Guy Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Violencia!: A Musical Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStern:: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAbout Harry Towns Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Three Balconies: Stories and a Novella Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Current Climate Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5