Styron was the author of Sophie's Choice, one of the finest novels I've ever had the pleasure to read . . . and read . . . and read again. If you've never experienced it, you must. My copy is yours to borrow.
My other favorite is Darkness Visible, his memoir of a deeply depressed period in his life. It's brief, stark, wrenching, and eventually uplifting. I read the book in Paris, where it takes place, making his skillful prose all the more moving and evocative.
RIP, Mr. Styron. Tipping my hat and my pen.
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