James Sallis

James Sallis (1944–2026) was the author of many novels, including Others of My Kind, Death Will Have Your Eyes, and Drive, which was made into a film of the same name in 2011. Among his other books are Black Night’s Gonna Catch Me Here: New and Selected Poems and Chester Himes: A Life. His translation of Raymond Queneau’s novel Saint Glinglin was published in 1993.

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