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From the Archives: Novelist Russell Banks.

Novelist Russell Banks. His new novel is Rule of the Bone (Harper Collins). It's been compared to Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn because of it's young first-person narrator, and use of comedy to convey grim realities. Banks's narrator is 14 year-old Chappie from upstate New York who wears a nose ring and Mohawk. He steals from his parents to pay for dope, is kicked out of the house, becomes homeless, and sets off on a low-life adventure. Banks is the author of twelve novels including The Sweet Hereafter, Affliction, and Continental Drift. (REBROADCAST from 5/15/95)

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Other segments from the episode on August 18, 1995

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, August 18, 1995: Interview with Russell Banks; Interview with Fred Cuny; Review of the film "The Usual Suspects."

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