This brief novel by the gifted Vollmann ( You Bright and Risen Angels ) finds Jimmy, a drifter in San Francisco's Tenderloin demimonde since his discharge from service in Vietnam in the late '60s ...

National Book Award winner William T. Vollmann writes about narcocorridos in a forthcoming book, Imperial. Can you pitch in a few bucks to help fund Mother Jones' investigative journalism?

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William T. Vollmann is the author of nine novels, including Europe Central, winner of the National Book Award. He has also written three collections of stories, a memoir, and five works of ...

William Vollmann is an award-winning writer. His most recent book is No Immediate Danger. We retrace the journey that had a long-lasting influence on the enigmatic author's improbable career A ...