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PoliticsPolitics by Adam Thirlwell
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sex, insecurity, introspection, relationships, a journey to the end of the night, easy reading, but uk writers never reach the beauty of the abyss do they. ho-hum.
DogwalkerDogwalker by Arthur Bradford
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aaaah short stories, read so many novels now require that short sharp smack to the head. plus a style that holds interest.
"Time Out" Paris 2005: Eating and Drinking Guide ("Time Out" Guides)"Time Out" Paris 2005: Eating and Drinking Guide ("Time Out" Guides) by Time Out Guides Ltd.
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if you need a guide book, take my advice,don't travel. back-street bars, curious locals, you learn a city by accident that's the beauty of it.
Motel Fetish PhotobookMotel Fetish Photobook by Chas Ray Krider
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have a penchant for 50's underwear? sexy girls in naughty knickers? all those bathroom fantasies for sex that actually really does stimulate? Age will creep, risk it, do them NOW!
For the Relief of Unbearable UrgesFor the Relief of Unbearable Urges by Nathan Englander
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i like elaborate titles. i like short stories. i like jewishness. kosher. american writers have greater scope. but hey, them czechs, they win the trophy for me.
Too Loud a SolitudeToo Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal
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them czechs, if you don't own this, you should be ashamed. i've read far and wide for over 30 years, this novella is my life. "i pop a beautiful sentence into my mouth and suck it like a fruit drop"*
Poems Before and After: Collected English TranslationsPoems Before and After: Collected English Translations by Miroslav Holub
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them czechs, at it again i tell you, pure genius. so many poets over the years, all magical, aaah words, emotion, the soul, smoked haddock for tea, etcetera.
Concise Oxford English DictionaryConcise Oxford English Dictionary
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kippers for breakfast. omega 3? who? surely before clicking on dictionary these were the daddies. hefty tomes, vast dusty libraries, a girl coyly purses her lips at you, shoes tapping on parquet,sex.
Bacon (Taschen Basic Art Series)Bacon (Taschen Basic Art Series) by Luigi Ficacci
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what now? what next? the shelves diminish. i see trouble ahead. perhaps i should try science-fiction. or crime fiction. ho ho ho.i need it, THE LEGEND OF THE HOLY DRINKER* JOSEPH ROTH