John Livingston Hopkins Jr.’s Followers (5)

John Livingston Hopkins Jr.

Born

in Orange NJ, The United States

August 05, 1938

edit data

John Livingston Hopkins Jr. (born August 5, 1938 in Orange, New Jersey) is a writer who lived for many years in Tangier and was a member of the Anglo/American literary crowd of the 1960s and 1970s, becoming friends with William Burroughs, Paul Bowles and Jane Bowles.
He has written several novels, among them Tangier Buzzless Flies and The Flight of the Pelican, and travel memoirs including The Tangier Diaries, The South American Diaries and The White Nile Diaries. He lives in Oxford. He married Ellen Ann Ragsdale in 1977; they have three sons.

Novels
The Attempt (1968)
Tangier Buzzless Flies (1972)
The Flight of the Pelican (1983)
In the Chinese Mountains (1990)
All I Wanted was Company (1999)

Diaries
The Tangier Diaries 1962-1979 (1995)
The South A ...more

Combine Editions
John Livingston Hopkins Jr.’s books

Average rating: 3.77 · 109 ratings · 27 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	The White Nile Diaries 3.93 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	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
	All I Wanted Was Company 3.16 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	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
	The South American Diaries 3.48 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	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
	The South American Diaries 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	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
	Tangier buzzless flies 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	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
	Find Your Way Home: A Drama In Three Acts 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	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
	Flight of the Pelican 2.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1984 — 4 editions	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
	Seasons and Patterns by John Livingston Hopkins Jr., Perfection Learning 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	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

More books by John Livingston Hopkins Jr.…

Quotes by John Livingston Hopkins Jr. (?)

“The human soul knows that growth is the only reason for its existence. [Hopkins quoting S. Bellow]”
― John Hopkins

0 likes

“...I was picked up by a man in a hurry - a Franciscan monk who took pity on me...As we raced through the orange groves...I asked him to explain the difference between our god and theirs. His reply, "There is no difference; the difference is us.”
― John Hopkins

0 likes

“...There is no friendship in the desert, there is no love. The Sahara only knows allies and accomplices. [Hopkins quoting B. Gysin's The Process]”
― John Hopkins, The Tangier Diaries 1962-1979

0 likes

See all John Livingston Hopkins Jr.'s quotes »

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite John to Goodreads.