Ernest J. Finney

• Jun-1986
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• Jan-1989
• / General Fiction
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• Feb-1996
• / Literary
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The setting is clearly California: San Francisco, the San Joaquin Valley, the Sierras. The characters are varied: a middle-aged clairvoyant, a fifteen-year-old who finds three million dollars, an ex-priest, a sheep rancher, a cook, a nun. The problem...

• Mar-1998
• / General Fiction
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• Oct-1998
• / Historical
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Set in a small town south of San Francisco during World War II, Words of My Roaring is a compelling picture of the confusions, the dislocations, and the brutality of war as they affect the home front. The novel recreates a neighborhood in San Bruno a...

• Mar-2011
• / General Fiction
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All but two of the stories in this, Ernest Finney’s third collection of short fiction, are set in California: in the San Francisco Bay area, the Sierras, the San Joaquin Valley. His diverse characters -- a professional wrestler, a bridge prodigy...

• Nov-2015
• / Literary
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Winner, 2014 Clay Reynolds Novella Prize
California Book Awards silver medal for fiction, 2016