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  		Which I'm still finishing -- this I was told had to come next.<br/><br/>Btw, don't recommend F&amp;L after reading All The President's Men. There must be a better order in which to read these 3 books! Suggestions?
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    			  The sort of book that makes you just want to rise to the challenge: as a writer, a thinker, a lover. And Kipnis just hands you the framework for doing all three. Knowing, sharp, all of those things.
    			
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<span class="greyText">date: </span>August 06, 2009 07:30PM<br/>
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