1991 National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography/Autobiography Winner
![Patrimony: A True Story](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580971454-2945-image-3.jpg)
Patrimony: A True Story
Philip Roth
Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eight-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, his charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections—battles with the brain tumor that …
1991 National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography/Autobiography Shortlist
![Anne Sexton: A Biography](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580875039-994-image-3.jpg)
Anne Sexton: A Biography
Diane Middlebrook
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Maus II
Art Spiegelman
![The Journals of John Cheever](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581048532-7573-image-3.jpg)
The Journals of John Cheever
John Cheever
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