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First published in 1970 to great acclaim, this novel stands as one of the most dazzling and rigorous examples of the storyteller's craft in postwar American literature--a novel that, according to Irving Howe, ranks with "Billy Budd" and "The Great Gatsby".
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Desperate characters: a novel
1980, Nonpareil Books, Brand: David R Godine Pub, David R Godine Pub
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0879233095 9780879233099
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