Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction ix
4. PART I Nothing But the Night
5. CHAPTER ONE He Comes from Texas 1
6. CHAPTER TWO “ Ho, Ho! Wasn’t I the Character Then?” 15
7. CHAPTER THREE Rough Draft 28
8. CHAPTER FOUR Key West 39
9. CHAPTER FIVE Alan Swallow 47
10. CHAPTER SIX Love 58
11. PART II Butcher’s Crossing
12. CHAPTER SEVEN The Winters Circle 71
13. CHAPTER EIGHT “ Natural Liars Are the Best Writers” 85
14. CHAPTER NINE Butcher’s Crossing 100
15. CHAPTER TEN Fiasco 112
16. PART III Stoner
17. CHAPTER ELEVEN “ It Was That Kind of World” 135
18. CHAPTER TWELVE “ The Williams Affair” 153
19. CHAPTER THIRTEEN Stoner 163
20. PART IV Augustus
21. CHAPTER FOURTEEN Bread Loaf and “ Up on the Hill” 181
22. CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Good Guys 192
23. CHAPTER SIXTEEN “ Long Life to the Emperor!” 208
24. PART V The Sleep of Reason
25. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN “ How Can Such a Son of a Bitch Have Such Talent?” 221
26. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN In Extremis 233
27. EPILOGUE John Williams Redux 249
28. Acknowledgments 256
29. Notes 259
30. Works Consulted 286
31. A John Williams Bibliography 289
32. Index 297