New Robert Stone in November

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more fun this fall.

Robert Stone, author of “Damascus Gate,” the 1998 novel about
apocalyptic conspiracies in Jerusalem, will publish his first novel in
a decade in November, his publisher said Thursday.

The new book will be titled “Death of The Black-Haired Girl” and is
set on a New England campus, the publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
said.

At 75, Mr. Stone is the author of seven novels, including “A Flag for
Sunrise,” “Children of Light” and “Dog Soldiers,” which won the
National Book Award in 1975. His 1997 collection of short stories,
“Bear and His Daughter,” was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

Mr. Stone’s work is known for dark portrayals of American men as they
disintegrate under social pressure.

In 2006, Mr. Stone also published “Prime Green,” a memoir about his
friendship with Ken Kesey’s Merry Prankster crew and his experience of
1960s San Francisco.