When Raymond Carver died in 1988, he was mourned as a national literary figure and shortlisted for the Pulitzer prize yet only ten years earlier he was marooned in a drying-out clinic. From his experiences, his alcoholism, bankruptcies, years spent in trailer parks and motel rooms, BBC 'Omnibus' shows how Carver produced stories and poems about the other side of the American dream - about the people whose dreams go belly-up.
Raymond Carver
Self (archive footage)
Jay McInerney
Self
Richard Ford
Self
Lavonda Archer
Self
Bill Archer
Self
Ella Carver
Self
Jerry King
Self
Jerry Davis
Self
Release Date
January 1, 1989
Runtime
1h 0m
Genres
Documentary
Director