Hal Bennett

American novelist

Hal Bennett

Bennett author photo from the jacket of Wait Until The Evening

Born|

George Harold Bennett

April 21, 1930

Buckingham, Virginia

Died| September 11, 2004

Newark, New Jersey

Nationality| American
Other names| Harriet Janeway
John D. Revere
Occupation| Writer

George Harold "Hal" Bennett (April 21, 1930 - September 11, 2004)[1][2] was an author known for a variety of books. His 1970 novel Lord of Dark Places was described as "a satirical and all but scatological attack on the phallic myth",[3] and was reprinted in 1997. He was Playboy's most promising writer of the year. [1] He also wrote under the pen names Harriet Janeway and John D. Revere (the Assassin series). His books are sometimes compared to Mark Twain's style of satire, but contain a much stronger sexual tone.

## Awards and honors

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* 1973: William Faulkner Prize

## Selected bibliography

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* The Mexico City Poems and House on Hay (Chicago: Obsidian Press, 1961)
* A Wilderness of Vines (Garden City: Doubleday, 1966)
* The Black Wine (Garden City: Doubleday, 1968)
* Lord of Dark Places (New York: Norton, 1970) (ISBN 1885983123) (ISBN 9781885983121)
* Wait Until the Evening (Garden City: Doubleday, 1974) (ISBN 0385010222) (ISBN 9780385010221)
* Seventh Heaven (Garden City: Doubleday, 1976) (ISBN 0385066597) (ISBN 9780385066594)
* Insanity Runs In Our Family: Short Stories (Garden City: Doubleday, 1977)(ISBN 0385066643) (ISBN 9780385066648)

### Selected uncollected short stories

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* "Wings of the Dove," Black American Literature Forum, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Summer 1989), pp. 223-230
* "Miss Askew on Ice," Callaloo, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Winter 1987), pp. 1-12
* "Chewing Gum," Black American Literature Forum, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Winter 1987), pp. 379-392

### as Harriet Janeway

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* This Passionate Land (1979)[5]

### as John D. Revere

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* Justin Perry : The Assassin[6]
* The Assassin 2 : Vatican Kill
* The Assassin 3 : Born To Kill
* The Assassin 4: Death's Running Mate
* The Assassin 5: Stud Service

### Autobiography

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* Bennett, Hal (1991). "The Visible Man". In Nakamura, Joyce (ed.). Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series. Vol. 13\. Gale Research. pp. 73–88. ISBN 9780810345126.

## Further reading

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* Newman, Katharine, "An Evening with Hal Bennett: An Interview", Black American Literature Forum, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Winter 1987), pp. 357–378.
* Packer, Nancy, [Review of Insanity Runs in Our Family], Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Summer 1978), pp. 335-36.
* Walcott, Ronald, "The Writer as Satirist, Part I: The Novels of Hal Bennett". Black World/Negro Digest, June 1974, pp. 36–48, 89–97; "The Writer as Magician/Priest, Part II: The Novels of Hal Bennett", Black World/Negro Digest, pp. 78–96.

## References

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1. ^ The New Jersey Star-Ledger, Newark, September 11, 2004.
2. ^ The Hal Bennett collection Archived 2014-05-20 at the Wayback Machine in the Contemporary Collections at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University
3. ^ Walcott, Ronald (July 1974). "The Novels of Hal Bennett". Black World/Negro Digest. Johnson Publishing Company. p. 79.
4. ^ Emmanuel S. Nelson (ed.), Contemporary African American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook.
5. ^ "WebVoyage Record View 1".
6. ^ "WebVoyage".

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