The Hair of Harold Roux by Thomas Williams Aaron Benham--professor, novelist, friend, mentor, family man, and sometime idealist--is supposed to be working on his new novel, The Hair of Harold Roux. Hardcover with dust jacket. "The Hair of Harold Roux" explores the craft of storytelling and its intersections—and at times collisions—with everyday life and mortality. In 1975 the National Book Award Fiction Prize was awarded to two writers: Robert Stone and Thomas Williams. Published by New Hampshire (1995) ISBN 10: 087451701X ISBN 13: 9780874517019. Softcover. The Hair of Harold Roux, Bloomsbury, 372 pp., $15 By Sam Allard Thomas Williams ' novel "The Hair of Harold Roux" won the National Book Award in 1975 with the exact opposite of fanfare. In 1975 the National Book Award Fiction Prize was awarded to two writers: Robert Stone and Thomas Williams. Allard Benson does not believe in violence, but he would … Used. Yet only Stone's Dog Soldiers is still remembered today. A dazzlingly crafted novel-within-a-novel hailed as a masterpiece, it deserves a new generation of readers. In The Hair of Harold Roux, we are introduced to Aaron Benham: college professor, writer, husband, and father. Thomas Williams' 'The Hair of Harold Roux,' the 1975 National Book Award for fiction co-winner, is reissued in paperback. Yet only Stone's Dog Soldiers is still remembered today. Thomas Williams (1926-1990) was an American novelist. Bill just after the close of World War II. But instead, tormented by the chaos of his present and the demons of his past, he is riding his motorcycle too fast, drinking too much, and thinking too often and deeply. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-hair-of-harold-roux-9781608195831 Aaron-when he can focus-is atwork on a novel, The Hair of Harold Roux, a thinly disguised autobiographical account of his college days. First edition (1974.) 8vo with 373 pages. Benham is writing a novel entitled The Hair of Harold Roux, in which the “thinly disguised” hero is twenty-one year-old Allard Benson, who is a college student on the G. I. The work deals with the … Quantity available: 1. Aaron Benham - professor, novelist, friend, mentor, family man, and sometime idealist - is supposed to be working on his new novel, The Hair of Harold Roux. That oversight is startling when considering the literary impact of The Hair of Harold Roux. He won one U.S. National Book Award for Fiction The Hair of Harold Roux split the 1975 award with Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers and his last published novel, Moon Pinnace (1986), was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. That oversight is startling when considering the literary impact of The Hair of Harold Roux. The Hair of Harold Roux (Hardscrabble Books-Fiction of New England) Thomas Williams. Close of World War II new generation of readers focus-is atwork on the hair of harold roux,. 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