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The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Skippy Dies
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History
A Short History of Nearly Everything
The Blind Assassin
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
How To Teach English
Exciting as a detective/mystery story, with a few touches of humor, but the whole allegorical/metaphysical/philosophical/socio-political thing was lost on me.I feel like a child brought to watch a critically-acclaimed play, and my only take away was that "the bad man was scary" and "the costumes were pretty".
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