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ok, gonna try to see if goodreads has this magic. Around 1986 I read a short story about a failed entrepreneur who gets stuck with a warehouse full of toy light sabers which no one wants, the star wars fad having run its course. Was it in the 1987 reissue of Oranging? Because it obviously couldn't be in the 1976 original. Or do any Max Apple fans know if it's in another one of his books? Or by another author?

Pat That story is Max Apple's "Peace." I think it was originally published in "Harper's" magazine in 1989, then included in the 2007 collection "The Jew o…moreThat story is Max Apple's "Peace." I think it was originally published in "Harper's" magazine in 1989, then included in the 2007 collection "The Jew of Home Depot."(less)

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