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	A Secret Location On The Lower East Side: Adventures in Writing 1960-1980 by Steven Clay, Rodney Phillips (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Time of the Angels

by Iris Murdoch

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The Goldfinch

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The Corrections

by Jonathan Franzen

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