The Sunlight Dialogues
Author: John Gardner
In The Sunlight Dialogues, John Gardner’s vision of America in the turbulent 1960s embraces an unconventional cast of conventional citizens in the small rural town of Batavia, New York. Sheriff Fred Clumly is trying desperately to unravel mysteries surrounding a disorderly, nameless drifter called “The Sunlight Man,” who has been jailed for painting the word “LOVE” across….Read More
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