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Desolation Angels
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Revolutionary Road
In the hopeful 1950s, Frank and April Wheeler appear to be a model American couple: bright, beautiful, talented, with two young children and a starter home in the suburbs. Perhaps they married too you…
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
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In his second collection, Carver establishes his reputation as one of the most celebrated and beloved short-story writers in American literature—a haunting me… -
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Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
Naked Lunch is one of the most important novels of the twentieth century, a book that redefined not just literature but American culture. An unnerving tale of a narcotics addict unmoored in New York, …
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Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
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Junky
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Infinite Jest
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The Politics of Experience/The Bird of Paradise
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