People of the Book Author:David Stacton People of the Book secures David Stacton's place as one of America's major living novelists. Writing outside the mainstream of current fiction, he has re-created some of the most arresting figures in history in a succession of books that stretch in time from Ancient Egypt through the 20th Century. His wit, his erudition, the elegance of his pr... more »ose and his alternately baroque and Gothic characters make him unique among his contemporaries. In an age where the most widely acclaimed novelists are usually writing about things, he has the courage to write about people and present his own view of life through such diverse figures as Nefertiti and Ikhnaton, Sir William and Lady Hamilton, and John Wilkes Booth.« less