Barry Gifford
October 18, 1946 · 79 years old
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Barry Gifford (born October 18, 1946) is an American author, poet, and screenwriter known for his distinctive mix of American landscapes and film noir- and Beat Generation-influenced literary madness. He is best known for his series of novels about Sailor and…
Known For
4 titles
Lost Highway
Anonymous videotapes presage a musician's murder conviction, and a gangster's girlfriend leads a mechanic astray.
City of Ghosts
A New York insurance man searches for his crooked business partner in Cambodia.
The Phantom Father
American professor Robert Traum embarks on an adventurous and amusing journey through Bucovina to find Sami the projectionist, the only person alive that can tell him anything about his Romanian Jewish descent. His symbolic journe...
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
The "Roy" stories of writer Barry Gifford serve as a springboard for an impressionistic portrait of a vanished Chicago.