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On the morning after the night it happened, Bruce Delamitri was sitting in a police interview room.

Characters:
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From the Back Cover
Bruce shoots movies. Wayne and Scout shoot to kill. In a single night they find out the hard way what's real and what's not, who's the hero and who's the villain. The USA watches slack-jawed as ...more...]]> 55802117 1319247 8830 0552771848 9780552771849 31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388m/8830.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388s/8830.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8830.Popcorn 3.32 480 1996 1 0 false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 09:38:56 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 10:21:33 -0700 2009 18689171 321508 1060821 3442442648 9783442442645 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180643799m/1060821.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180643799s/1060821.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1060821.Popcorn_ 4.00 1 1996 4 0 false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Mar 26 11:23:35 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 11:25:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 19818385 586918 8830 0552771848 9780552771849 31 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388m/8830.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165765388s/8830.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8830.Popcorn 3.32 480 1996 3 0 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 14:48:35 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 16:06:56 -0700 2008
It's not great because it feels a bit forced and could be made more convincing.

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