I look at everything. God gave me eyes and I look at women and men and subway excavations and moving pictures and the little flowers of the field. I casually inspect the universe.

His last two novels were Bread Upon the Waters (1981) and Acceptable Losses (1982). In 1950 Shaw wrote a book on Israel with photos by Robert Capa named Report on Israel. Novels
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Though Shaw's work received widespread critical acclaim the success of his commercial fiction ultimately diminiIrwin Shawd his literary reputation. Irwin Shaw (February 27 1913 – May 16 1984) was a prolific American playwright screenwriter novelist and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies.