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THUNDERBOLT KID. GALAHAD.

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:03:24 -0700

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID, BILL BRYSON In which Bill Bryson shows that he wasn't a complete little turd of an abomination when he was growing up in the Iowa of the 1950's. Psych! I'm not entirely sure why I keep reading Bill Br...

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The Martin Amis Experience

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:21:22 -0800

Experience: A Memoir; Martin Amis In which Martin Amis lives in a whirlwind of literary glitterari and fixates on his father, his teeth and little else. Martin Amis inhabits an entirely different, bizarro universe. Instead of being hemmed away ...

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Hipster Trash

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:33:31 -0700

Me Talk Pretty One Day; David Sedaris A collection of David Sedaris' essays first detailing his aggressively alternative lifestyle on the Eastern Seaboard, then detailing his aggressively alternative lifestyle in France. Somewhere, I am just no...

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Darkness my Butt.

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:15:01 -0700

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness; William Styron Ostensibly: William Styron's memoir on his struggle with depression. Actually: why William Styron should keep his day job and never, ever dabble in scientific writing. I initially heard about...

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Frank McCourt's Greatest Hits

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Sat, 26 May 2007 21:48:58 -0700

The library's copy of Angela's Ashes is dog-eared beyond repair. That's how I roll. (PS: This man has never met a conjunction he didn't like.) When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childho...

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ANGELA'S ASHES; McCourt

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Thu, 24 May 2007 20:31:48 -0700

ANGELA'S ASHES; Frank McCourt Frank McCourt lives in Limerick, Ireland, dire poverty, and to tell the tale. His story is beautifully written, and you fat American's with your nine course meals and NAAFA will never be able to match his accomplish...

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RUNNING WITH SCISSORS; Burroughs

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:01:08 -0800

A WARNING: I SPENT THE LAST 200 PAGES OF THIS BOOK CHANTING "KILL YOURSELF, KILL YOURSELF, KILL YOURSELF" TO A BOY WHO HAD BEEN RAPED BY A 30 YEAR OLD PEDOPHILE. SO. YOU KNOW WHERE I STAND IN TERMS OF OVERWHELMING SYMPATHY, ETC. RUNNING WITH SCI...

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DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM; Sedaris

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 06:01:36 -0800

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim; David Sedaris In which David Sedaris waxes lyrical about his family, friends, and existential angst, all while keeping a snappy postmodern tone. Also known as: David Sedaris writes the college essays of y...

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