He won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his 1981 work The Soul of a New Machine, which delved into a fledgling computer company long before most people cared about the inner workings of Silicon Valley. For 1993's Old Friends, he observed the dark side of growing old in America while chronicling how two friends maintained their dignity in a nursing home despite their infirmities, per the AP. He later said he burned the remaining copies of the manuscript, but a friend later found a copy and sent it to him.
Author: Bob Cronin
Published at: 2026-03-25 23:40:00
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