William Francis Jack

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  • Bibliography:
    13 Books
  • First Book:
    June 2006
  • Latest Book:
    December 2020
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Book List in Order: 13 titles

  • Lost in the Fortress of Saints Peter and Paul

    In the dark nights of the Cold War, and two years after Soviet tanks rumbled into Prague, a group of American undergraduates is allowed to study at Leningrad State University. Soviet students, not used to seeing foreigners, fear, admire, love, or des...

  • A Time of Troubles

    David Alexander, an American professor of Russian, is called to task about an offhand remark he made concerning Tsar Boris Godunov, an historical figure portrayed as a villain and prince-murderer in history, as well as in literature and opera. David'...

  • Second Childishness and Mere Oblivion

    Three young Russian orphans, adopted from Saint Petersburg, have blocked all memories of their native city and their native language. Their adoptive father, an older man who is twice the age of their adoptive mother, worked and studied in Cold War Le...

  • My Forgotten Year

    Burnt-out Russian literature professor Matthew Eastman walks into his office one chilly afternoon and discovers that he has "forgotten" the most recent year of his life: It is now 2005, not 2004. He must live 2005 as if nothing was wrong, while tryin...

  • The Greater Vice

    An American professor walks into his office and discovers that somebody has played a trick on him. His wall calendar is for 2005, not 2004: But it's no joke He must live 2005 as best he can, while trying to figure out what happened in 2004. He and a ...

  • The Night Shift

    It's 1962, and college freshman Walter Bremen leaves the comfy but stifling town of Prairie Centre, Minnesota, whose claims for importance are the fancy spelling of its name, that it is in Lake Wobegon Country and that the July Fourth Parade Queen...

  • The Greatest Vice

    Professor Matthew Eastman walks into his office one afternoon and suddenly discovers that he's "forgotten" a year of his life. It is now 2005, but he doesn't remember anything from 2004. A therapist pulls him through his life, crisis-by-crisis and si...

  • The Greatest of Vices

    Professor Matthew Eastman walks into his office one afternoon and suddenly discovers that he's "forgotten" a year of his life. It is now 2005, but he doesn't remember anything from 2004. A therapist pulls him through his life, crisis-by-crisis and ...

  • Beware the Barbarians and Please Don't Suffer the Little Children

    [Updated and replaced by ""Alter Boy Rules.] An irreverent, bemused, pagan altar boy, thirteen years old, is sexually abused by a priest in 1958, in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul, Minnesota. He's determined to move on and live the fun way he's always...



  • Alter Boy Rules

    When your world keeps turning upside-down, the trick is staying on top. Altar Boy Andrew Fisher, thirteen years old, born in an orphanage, stays with his grandfather who drinks more than he should and who loses more jobs than he gets. Andrew is world...

  • Would You Care For Fries With That?

    ""Doctor Zhivago"" is smuggled out of Russia and published in the West while Pasternak is banned from attending the Nobel ceremonies, Van Cliburn charms Russian audiences. Sakharov goes into internal exile while Solzhenitsyn is banished abroad. This ...

  • My Moms and Me

  • Beware the Visored Visigoths, and Please Don't Suffer the Little Children

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

William Francis Jack has published 13 books.

William Francis Jack does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, My Moms and Me, was published in December 2020.

The first book by William Francis Jack, Lost in the Fortress of Saints Peter and Paul, was published in June 2006.

No. William Francis Jack does not write books in series.
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