Birthplace: PennsylvaniaCurrent Residence:
Setting: Caribbean, Florida
Genre: General Fiction, Nonfiction
Shacochis was born in Pennsylvania, but grew up in Maclean, Virginia. His first short-story collection, Easy in the Islands, received the National Book Award for first fiction. In 1993, Shacochis published his first novel, Swimming in the Volcano, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. He lived for three years in the Caribbean and now resides in Florida.
Book List
Non-fiction
Conversations with Cuba (2001)
The Immaculate Invasion (1999)
Drinking, Smoking and Screwing: Great Writers on Good Times (1994)
Domesticity: A Gastronomic Interpretation of Love (1994)
Fiction
Swimming in the Volcano: A Novel (1993)
The Next New World (1989)
Easy in the Islands: Stories (1985)
See Bob Shacochis books with a Florida setting.
See also It Takes Place in Florida: General Fiction.
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