Stephen Dobyns
Stephen Dobyns American poet and novelist. Born in 1941, has written many detective stories about a character named Charlie Bradshaw who works at the Saratoga racetrack and then as a private eye. Bradshaw is unusual as a private eye, being just an ordinary type of man who was once a policeman. All the books have the word "Saratoga" in the title.
Bibliography
Poetry
- Concurring Beasts (1972)
- Griffon: Poems (1976)
- Heat Death (1980)
- The Balthus Poems (1982)
- Cemetery Nights (1987)
- Body Traffic (1990)
- Black Dog, Red Dog (1990)
- After Shocks/Near Escapes (1991)
- Velocities: New and Selected Poems, 1966-1992 (1994)
- Common Carnage (1996)
- Pallbearers Envying the One Who Rides (1999)
- The Porcupine's Kisses (2002)
Fiction
- A Man of Little Evils (1973)
- Saratoga Longshot (1976) #
- Saratoga Swimmer (1981) #
- Dancer With One Leg (1983)
- Saratoga Headhunter (1985) #
- Cold Dog Soup (1985)
- Saratoga Snapper (1986) #
- Cemetery Nights (1987)
- A Boat Off the Coast (1987)
- Saratoga Bestiary (1988) #
- The Two Deaths of Senora Puccini (1988)
- Saratoga Hexameter (1990) #
- The House on Alexandrine (1990)
- Black Dog, Red Dog (1990)
- After Shocks/Near Escapes (1991)
- Saratoga Haunting (1993) #
- The Wrestler's Cruel Study (1993)
- Saratoga Backtalk (1994) #
- Saratoga Fleshpot (1995) #
- The Church of Dead Girls (1997)
- Saratoga Strongbox (1998)
- Boy in the Water (1999)
- Eating Naked [SS] (2000)
# Charlie Bradshaw series
Nonfiction
- Best Words, Best Order: Essays on Poetry (1996)
