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by Saul Bellow

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City of Saints and Madmen (Ambergris, #1)

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Ruby Tombstone Lives! said: " The Tombstone Guide to City of Saints & Madmen
The book lay on the weathered coffee table, pages spilling loosely from its tattered, well-worn binding, a suggestion of mould dotting the cardboard of the inside jacket, close to the spine. The following ...more "

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"I've got no idea what I can possibly follow this book up with.." — Aug 11, 2013 07:49PM

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The Lost Cause

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