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Tom McHale (1941 – March 30, 1982) was an American novelist. His works include ''Principato'', ''Farragan's Retreat'' (nominated for the National Book Award), ''Alinsky's Diamond'', ''School Spirit'', ''The Lady from Boston'', and ''Dear Friends''. He was born in Avoca, Pennsylvania and received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa. He committed suicide in Florida in 1982. ==Early life== Thomas "Tom" McHale was born in 1941 in Avoca, Pennsylvania located nine miles (15 km) southwest of Scranton. He was the eldest of six children from an Irish-Catholic family. His family’s Irish-American ethnicity and Roman Catholicism would become prominent elements in his novels.〔 He worked as a caseworker for the Department of Public Assistance in Philadelphia for a brief period.〔 He attended Jesuit Catholic schools〔 including ''Scranton Preparatory'' (1955–1959)〔 and was a graduate of Temple University in the early 1960s.〔 He went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa Writers Workshop. He had planned to be a doctor and attended medical school but changed his mind and dropped out.〔〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom McHale (novelist born 1941)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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