The Map of the System of Human Knowledge
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Publisher's Weekly "Best Summer Books of 2013"
The Daily Beast's "Brainy Summer Beach Reads"
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the design of the book itself is so beautiful that it makes me want to smash all ebooks with a hammer. gold-trimmed pages, a red cover that my...
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| ISBN | 0983422877 |
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A father that pimps his daughter at an all out Tongue Party.
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| ISBN | 9780982469 |
“It is difficult to masturbate about your father, but not impossible, as it turns out.”
“I am the Champion of Failure.”
“What I do remember most though, are the fireflies and how she proved that they...
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The Really Funny Thing About Apathy
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Reading this collection of stories in mostly a single sitting is the best worst plan. Akin to meeting the author in a border town bar, accepting his proffered tankard-sized tequila shots and then cajoled into a knife fight with Pancho Villa. Things are going to be very fucking far from OK. And that's...