Brodkey wrote “The State of Grace” in his early twenties, a sweeping act of pure genius that took him only forty-five minutes ...

Stories in an Almost Classical ModeBy Harold BrodkeyKnopf, 596 pages, $24.95”Stories in an Almost Classical Mode” is only Harold Brodkey`s second book, the third (all are fiction collections ...

In 1993, the novelist Harold Brodkey wrote a famous essay in the New Yorker, revealing that he was suffering from Aids. Two weeks ago, at 4.30am on Friday 26 January, he died. This is his last ...