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"Barthelme happens to be one of a handful of American authors, there to make the rest of us look bad, who know instinctively how to stash the merchandise, bamboozle the inspectors, and smuggle their nocturnal contraband right on past the checkpoints of daylight 'reality.'"--Thomas Pynchon, from the Introduction]]> 1992 3 0 false Fri Jan 04 09:08:53 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 09:10:19 -0800 2008 8513344 589078 311346 0679741194 9780679741190 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223675819m/311346.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223675819s/311346.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/311346.The_Teachings_of_Don_B_ 3.85 120 The Teachings of Don B. is a literary testament cum time bomb, with the power to blast any reader into an altered state of consciousness.



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"Barthelme happens to be one of a handful of American authors, there to make the rest of us look bad, who know instinctively how to stash the merchandise, bamboozle the inspectors, and smuggle their nocturnal contraband right on past the checkpoints of daylight 'reality.'"--Thomas Pynchon, from the Introduction]]> 1992 0 0 false Mon Nov 09 22:35:46 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 22:35:46 -0800 2009 76721869 643839 311346 0679741194 9780679741190 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223675819m/311346.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223675819s/311346.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/311346.The_Teachings_of_Don_B_ 3.85 120 The Teachings of Don B. is a literary testament cum time bomb, with the power to blast any reader into an altered state of consciousness.



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