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Terence Clarke
Novelist, journalist, screenwriter, filmmaker

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¡La Milonga deChocolate! Argentine Tango at Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco

May.14.2009

¡La Milonga deChocolate! Argentine Tango at Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco

Come dance (or watch) Argentine tango at the famous Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco. Great music and terrific dance. Fine wines and food available.

Admission: Free

Note: This is an outdoor event. Dress in layers!

Presented by TangoCalifia.
Hosted by Beatrice Bowles and Terence Clarke.

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PUBLISHED: Feb.01.2012

Little Bridget and The Flames of Hell

I consider it a privilege -- although it came as a big surprise to me to learn about it -- that I have written one of the very few novels that exist about the Irish in San Francisco. My Father In The Night was published in hard cover by Mercury House in 1991 and in soft cover by Ballantine Books a year or so later. Little Bridget and The Flames of Hell is a collection of short...

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PUBLISHED: Jun.12.2010

A Kiss for Senor Guevara

"Her mother Alma had told her about him, how he deserved being hunted down by the soldiers out there in the Yuro Ravine. And so Ofelia had thought quite a bit about Señor Guevara..." Ofelia is given the task of caring for the mortally wounded Che Guevara during the last two days of his life, in Bolivia in 1967. A world-renowned figure, the architect of the revolution in Cuba that...

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PUBLISHED: Oct.01.1994

The King of Rumah Nadai

In a reprise of his appearance in Terence Clarke's The Day Nothing Happened, Dan Collins, now chief of the Agency for International Development in western Borneo, is a man caught in conflict between two cultures. On orders to retrieve a State Department employee from the upper reaches of the Baleh River, he discovers an enthralling world cloaked by the lush veil of the jungle. ...

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PUBLISHED: Jun.01.1991

My Father In The Night

My Father In The Night tells the story of three generations of men living in the North Beach section of San Francisco in an Irish-American family. Eleven year-old Pearse, his father Joe and his grandfather MJ all live apart from each other emotionally, and the ways they approach each other are those of strangers. The worlds in which they live -- Saints Peter and Paul parish in...

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PUBLISHED: Oct.01.1988

The Day Nothing Happened

In this collection of related short stories, the main character Dan Collins is working for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Sarawak in western Borneo. It is in the early 1960s, and the British colonial regime has recently turned Sarawak over to the new government of Malaysia. Collins, attempting literally to build roads in this very difficult place, has encounters...

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Terence's Latest Blogs

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Mar.22.2012 - 10:17 am

Terry's new piece in The Huffington Post: "No Irish Need Apply"...

"On St. Patrick's Day, a Latino friend whose family has lived in Arizona and California since before 1848, asked me 'What immigration problem?' He leaned far over the cappuccino...

Mar.14.2012 - 11:14 am

My Huffington Post piece on the "Maharaja" exhibit at The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

I hope you'll look at my review of this remarkable show, in The Huffington Post...

Jan.02.2012 - 11:41 am

A review of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, in The Huffington Post

A major problem in this movie is one that all storytellers must deal with. There has to be in every story at least one character for whom the reader or viewer really cares....

Dec.17.2011 - 5:26 pm

Masters of Venice, at The de Young Museum, San Francisco

Photo courtesy of The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

In her book The World of Venice, Jan Morris describes an arrival at one of the most artful places in the world. "It is very old, and very grand, and bent-backed... It is a gnarled...

Comments from Terence

Aug.14.2011 - 4:56 pm

In response to: Welcome to the All-New Red Room!

The new look!

Hello Huntington... Looks great! Thx... Terry

Jul.15.2011 - 3:47 pm

In response to: The Art of Winfred Rembert

Winfred Rembert

Thanks to Red Room for posting this article to my blog. It appeared originally in today's Huffington Post. Terry Clarke

Mar.14.2011 - 2:04 pm

In response to: The Heart of Ernesto Guevara

Where to get it...

Hello Ms. Kozak Thanks for the comment. You can buy a paperback copy of the book at Amazon.com, BookLocker.com,...

Dec.08.2009 - 11:22 am

In response to: Review: Gabriel García Márquez, A Biography, by Gerald Martin

Thank you

Hello Michael: Thanks very much. Glad you enjoyed the review. Best, Terry

Oct.31.2008 - 11:13 am

In response to: Pablo Neruda's Twenty Poems of Love, and One Desperate Song: Poem 1 (A Translation)

Poem 1

Hello Marilyn: Thank you for writing. One of the things I love about doing translations is the way single words, and...

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Article: Review: Gabriel García Márquez, A Biography, by Gerald Martin

Audio & Video

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Audio: La Yumba/Adios Nonino

Audio: Tengo Miedo

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About Terence

Mercury House and Ballantine Books published three of my novels, all to high critical praise. My latest novel A Kiss For Señor Guevara was published in July, 2010. A collection of stories titled Little Bridget and The Flames of Hell will be published...

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