Books by Keith Dixon and Complete Book Reviews
Keith Dixon, Author . St. Martin's $23.95 (279p) ISBN 978-0-312-31740-9
As this strong debut by a New York Times
editor begins, Warren Bascomb, a 68-year-old defrocked surgeon and morphine addict, awaits a Dilaudid delivery from a flight attendant–cum–drug smuggler. Involved in the drug business, though...
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Keith Dixon, Author . St. Martin's $23.95 (243p) ISBN 978-0-312-35868-6
Michael Jacobs is an independent filmmaker in New York City whose just-released third film flopped like the first two. With no money and no prospects, he agrees to help fair-weather friend Sebby Laslo fix horse races. Unsurprisingly, the plan fails...
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Keith Dixon. Crown, $22 (224p) ISBN 978-0-307-59187-6
Novelist (The Art of Losing) Dixon combines more than 40 healthful (but not always simple) recipes with an account of his first year of fatherhood in this appealing memoir. When baby Gracie is born five weeks early, Dixon and his wife are duly...
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Keith Dixon. Amazon/Thomas & Mercer, $14.95 trade paper (322p) ISBN 978-1-611099-86-7
The sins of the father are visited upon the son—in spades—in this absorbing noir from Dixon (The Art of Losing). Jake Asprey, who works as a lifeguard at Pennsylvania’s Chime Creek Country Club, had to leave college because the IRS insisted that the
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