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William O'Rourke (born 1945) is an American writer of both novels and volumes of nonfiction; he is the author of the novels The Meekness of Isaac (Thomas Y. Crowell, Co., 1974), Idle Hands (Delacorte Press, 1981), Criminal Tendencies (E. P. Dutton, 1987), and Notts (Marlowe & Co, 1996), as well as the nonfiction books, The Harrisburg 7 and the New Catholic Left (Thomas Y. Crowell, Co., 1972), Signs of the Literary Times: Essays, Reviews, Profiles (SUNY Press, 1993), and On Having a Heart Attack: A Medical Memoir (U of Notre Dame P, 2006). He is the editor of On the Job: Fiction About Work by Contemporary American Writers (Random House, 1977) and the co-editor of Notre Dame Review: The First Ten Years (U of Notre Dame P, 2009). His book, Cam ...more

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On Having a Heart Attack: A...

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Harrisburg 7 and the New Ca...

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The Harrisburg 7 and the Ne...

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Idle hands: A novel

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The Harrisburg 7 and the ne...

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The meekness of Isaac;: A n...

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Campaign America '96: The V...

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Signs of the Literary Times...

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On the job: Fiction about w...

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Criminal Tendencies

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