Bryan Joachim Malessa is an American

United States

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 novel

Novel

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ist. He is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

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 (BA), and the Oscar Wilde Centre

Oscar Wilde Centre

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 at Trinity College, Dublin

Trinity College, Dublin

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 (MPhil). He lives in greater Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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The Flight

In reviewing The Flight (Harper Perennial

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), set on the Eastern Front (World War II)

Eastern Front (World War II)

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, The Irish Times

The Irish Times

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 stated "With this story...Bryan Malessa joins the ranks of [Nobel Laureate

Nobel Prize in Literature

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] Günter Grass

Günter Grass

Günter Wilhelm Grass is a Nobel Prize-winning German author, poet, playwright, sculptor and artist.He was born in the Free City of Danzig...

, Rachel Seiffert

Rachel Seiffert

- Biographical Details :She was born in 1971 in Oxford to German and Australian parents, and was brought up bilingually. She currently lives in London.- Publications and Awards :Seiffert has published three works of fiction to date:The Dark Room...

 and others in taking on the major preoccupations of post-war German literature

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...and the role of literature in history and memory."

The War Room

In Financial Times

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, Mark Simpson

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 wrote "Billed as 'an epic investigation into America's underbelly,' The War Room has a Catcher in the Rye quality to it, but without the toxicity." The Daily Mail

Daily Mail

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 (UK) noted that the novel "is also an intensely detailed account of the psychology and tactics of bicycle racing

Bicycle racing

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Other works

His story "Looking Out For Hope" (Voices of the Xiled, Doubleday, 1994) in memory of Raymond Carver

Raymond Carver

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 was made into a short film directed by Phil Harder

Phil Harder

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 and scored by the rock band Low

Low (band)

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He is also editor of Re/mapping the Occident (University of California, 1995) and a journalist whose best-known piece is a widely cited career retrospective interview “Once Was King” with World Champion and three-time Tour de France

Tour de France

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 winner Greg LeMond

Greg LeMond

Gregory James LeMond is a former professional road bicycle racer from the United States and a three-time winner of the Tour de France. He was born in Lakewood, California and raised in Reno, Nevada....

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Sources

(1) The Irish Times, Escape From East Prussia
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2007/0407/1175720887682.html

(2) The Independent (UK) review of The Flight
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-flight-by-bryan-malessa-438861.html

(3) Financial Times “The War Room” http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/327918e4-3563-11e0-aa6c-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1EHYut8eX

(4) Daily Mail (UK) “The War Room”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-1355572/Bryan-Malessa-THE-WAR-ROOM.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

(5) Bryan Malessa, "Once Was King: An interview with Greg LeMond"
http://www.roble.net/marquis/coaching/lemond98.html