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avg rating: 3.93 | 425 ratings | 45 distinct works

	Edie: American Girl (Paperback) by Jean Stein, George Plimpton avg rating 4.09 — 260 ratings — published 1982 10 editions	my rating:
	Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintences and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career (Paperback) by George Plimpton avg rating 4.05 — 105 ratings — published 1998 4 editions	my rating:
	Paper Lion: Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback (Paperback) by George Plimpton avg rating 3.86 — 78 ratings — published 2006 3 editions	my rating:
	The Curious Case of Sidd Finch (Paperback) by George Plimpton avg rating 3.75 — 32 ratings — published 1987 3 editions	my rating:
	Open Net (Paperback) by George Plimpton avg rating 4.16 — 19 ratings — published 2003 2 editions	my rating:
	Shadow Box (Paperback) by George Plimpton avg rating 4.27 — 15 ratings — published 1993 2 editions	my rating:
	The Writer's Chapbook: A Compendium of Fact, Opinion, Wit, and Advice from the Twentieth Century's Preeminent Writers (Modern Library) by George Plimpton avg rating 4.20 — 15 ratings — published 1999	my rating:
	Out of My League: The Classic Hilarious Account of an Amateur's Ordeal in Professional Baseball (Paperback) by George Plimpton avg rating 3.69 — 16 ratings — published 2003	my rating:
	The Best of Plimpton (Paperback) by George Plimpton avg rating 3.93 — 15 ratings — published 1991 2 editions	my rating:
	The Man in the Flying Lawn Chair: And Other Excursions and Observations (Paperback) by George Plimpton avg rating 3.62 — 16 ratings — published 2005 2 editions	my rating:

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quotes by George Plimpton

"I never understood people who don't have bookshelves.
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— George Plimpton

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"As happens with people who love a thing too much, it destroys them.
Oscar Wilde said, 'You destroy the thing that you love.' It's the other way around. What you love destroys you."
— George Plimpton

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