Beyond the Mirage: An Autobiography AUTH-2088349 He was the recipient of

He was the recipient of a PEN/Faulkner Award and the PEN/Malamud Award

he hadn't expected to return to his childhood home in the face of tragedy

Betrayed and suddenly jobless

and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

or witnessing violent events

Beyond the Mirage: An Autobiography AUTH-2088349 He was the recipient ofTo observe a ridge of sandhills was to wonder what lay beyond them Perhaps it was the sense of freedom, both physically and spiritually, the knowledge that should I want to look beyond the sandhills and peer beyond the mirage, there was nothing but my two legs and a water bag to prevent me As thousands did before me, and as men are still doing in these days, I asked for my cheque instead of orders one bright morning in May, and a week later an eager