Talk:Tobias Wolff

Child abuse victims category
I put Wolff in there since if you've read his famous memoir 'This boy's life' he writes about being a victim of child abuse. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BeardedWoof (talk • contribs)


 * Yes, but that info is not in the article, so I have removed the category. If you would like to add the information to the article, supported by a referenced source, you can restore the category. -- ShelfSkewed [Talk] 17:56, 7 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh brother, this is why Wikipedia sucks. It's fact/common knowledge that Tobias Wolff has been a victim of child abuse, so why shouldn't he be in that category? He wrote about it in his personal memoir that made him famous, and he's also talked about it in personal interviews. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BeardedWoof (talk • contribs)


 * Then it shouldn't be hard to find a good source for it. And, aside from the fact that a lot of what passes for "common knowledge" is completely wrong, please follow the link in the "biographies of living persons" box above for a better understanding of why potentially contentious issues should be treated with more care than less-controversial information. -- ShelfSkewed [Talk] 05:50, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

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Unconvincing claims
Wolff is a big influence on David Sedaris? I don't see this at all. Neither do I really see the influence of Maupassant on Wolff's writing. I wonder how useful the influence section is.

Furthermore, I am not convinced that it is any longer correct to say that Wolff's novels are a minor strand in his oeuvre. The success of Old School has been considerable. I think it would now be valid to refer to him as a novelist. Macphysto (talk) 11:44, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

On influences, how the hell has Tucker Max ended up in there? Vote to eliminate this box. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.225.171.79 (talk) 05:31, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

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Removed Links to the Film Adaptation of This Boy's Life
I've removed the Wikipedia links for This Boy's Life because it doesn't feel right to have the link for a book link to the film adaptation, plus the film's page doesn't mention the book or Wolff at all beyond passing mention in the first sentence. It's not a helpful link for people consulting an encyclopedia for information about the book. Leopard of the Snows (talk) 04:52, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Father
The father was a con artist who went to prison. He FAKED a degree at a non-existent program, but still was hired as an aeronautical engineer for a major company. It's detailed in his brother, Geoffrey Wolff's book "The Duke of Deception". 75.84.42.25 (talk) 21:59, 8 April 2023 (UTC)