Paul La Farge Quote

Scratch a professor and you find a paranoiac, Barlow thought. But scratch a dean and you find a con artist.

Paul La Farge

Scratch a professor and you find a paranoiac, Barlow thought. But scratch a dean and you find a con artist.

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About Paul La Farge

Paul Bayard La Farge (November 17, 1970 – January 18, 2023) was an American novelist and essayist. He wrote five novels: The Artist of the Missing (1999), Haussmann, or the Distinction (2001), The Facts of Winter (2005), Luminous Airplanes (2011), and The Night Ocean (2017), all of which, particularly Haussmann, earned positive critical attention. His essays, fiction and reviews have appeared in publications such as The Believer, The Village Voice, Harper's, and The New Yorker.