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He returned to his home country to attend Oxford University, and presently resides in the Northeast and occasionally Key West. He has frequently penned reviews for <i>Esquire</i> and the <i>New York Review of Books</i> (of both books and movies).<p><b>Father:</b> Francis Joseph Sheed ("Frank", b. 1897, d. 1981)<br><b>Mother:</b> Mary Ward ("Maisie", b. 1889, d. 1975)<br><b>Sister:</b> Rosemary Luke Sheed Middleton<br><b>Wife:</b> Maria Bulitt Darlington (m. 1957, div., two sons, one daughter)<br><b>Wife:</b> Miriam Ungerer (food critic/author)<br><p> University: <a href="/edu/486/000068282/">BA, Lincoln College, Oxford University (1954)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/486/000068282/">MA, Lincoln College, Oxford University (1957)</a><br><p> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/272/000073053/">Polio</a>, <a href="/lists/780/000064588/">Alcoholism</a><br> <p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>The Hack</i> (<tt>1963</tt>, novel)<br><i>Office Politics</i> (<tt>1966</tt>, novel)<br><i>Max Jamison</i> (<tt>1970</tt>, novel)<br><i>People Will Always Be Kind</i> (<tt>1973</tt>, novel)<br><i>Muhammad Ali</i> (<tt>1975</tt>, biography)<br><i>Transatlantic Blues</i> (<tt>1978</tt>, novel)<br><i>The Good Word & Other Words</i> (<tt>1978</tt>, essays)<br><i>Clare Boothe Luce</i> (<tt>1982</tt>, biography)<br><i>The Boys of Winter</i> (<tt>1987</tt>, novel)<br><i>Frank and Maisie: A Memoir with Parents</i> (<tt>1985</tt>)<br><i>Essays in Disguise</i> (<tt>1990</tt>, essays)<br><i>Baseball and Lesser Sports</i> (<tt>1991</tt>, sports)<br><i>In Love with Daylight: A Memoir of Recovery</i> (<tt>1995</tt>, memoir)<br><p> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=113873" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>