Douglas Unger

• Mar-1985
• / General Fiction
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The reputation of Leaving the Land has grown steadily since its first publication in 1984. It was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Robert F. Kennedy Award and was an ALA Notable book in 1984....

• Oct-1986
• / General Fiction
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In the late sixties, a young hippy from Long Island sent to Buenos Aires as an exchange student, finds his drinking and sexual escapades turn into dangerous political adventures, as an era of terror descends on Argentina...

• Sep-1988
• / General Fiction
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• Aug-1995
• / General Fiction
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The author of El Yanqui and Leaving the Land offers a poignant tale of suppression and intrigue as an American journalist returns to Argentina to help the victimized family he befriended as an exchange student....

• Mar-2004
• / Action Adventure
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A debut collection of short fiction from the author of the novel Leaving the Land, a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Douglas Unger's fiction is sharp-edged and compelling, whether he's exploring his own boyhood on the street ("Autobiography") or the ...

• Oct-2024
• / Historical
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In this unconventional tale of Las Vegas during the two delirious boom decades before the bust of the Great Recession, failed actor “C. D.” Reinhart, who has launched a new career in hotel marketing, is gradually losing his moral and existential ...