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Bob Hartley

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Born

in Chicago, The United States

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Genre

Fiction, Crime, History

Influences

Nelson Algren, Richard Wright, Richard Price, James Joyce, Flannery O' ...more

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Bob Hartley was raised on the West Side of Chicago. He holds an MFA in fiction from the University of Pittsburgh. His first novel, Following Tommy, was published in 2012 by Cervena Barva Press to extremely favorable reviews. His second novel, North and Central, was published in 2017 by Tortoise Books. He has been, among other things, a writer, actor, singer, teacher, bartender, mail room clerk, and washer of soap molds. He currently makes his living as a respiratory therapist and lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and two children.

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	Following Tommy 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars