Right from the start author John Williams (who did not write the Raiders of the Lost Ark theme) lets you know that Stoner is not going to be a wild thrill ride. In perfunctory sentences he notes the year of William Stoner’s birth, his attendance at the University of Missouri and subsequent career as a professor there, and his death. He goes on to note how few people remember Stoner well. Those first few sentences are a story unto themselves but of course they’re not […]
A Life, Well, Lived
Stoner by John Williams