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Jim Yoakum

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in The United States

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https://thearchivest.wordpress.com

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Fiction, Music, Nonfiction

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Graham Greene, Joe Heller, Monty Python, T.C. Boyle, Terry Southern ...more

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JIM YOAKUM has been a professional writer for over thirty years. He is the author of non-fiction books, novels and the screenwriter of three produced films. He has contributed articles to numerous magazines, websites and periodicals including Rolling Stone, The Onion and Goldmine. He was former writing partners with the late Graham Chapman of Monty Python and is U.S. Curator of the Graham Chapman Archives. He is also a professional musician.

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	Joe Perk 3.47 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2012 — 71 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
	The (Non-Inflatable) Monty Python TV Companion 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1999 — 4 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
	Bad, Like Jesse James 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 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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“Kent's knock came at 4:30 on a Thursday while Derek was having a cup of coffee, smoking a joint, and eating a piece of sponge cake.”
― Jim Yoakum, The Bar at the Intergalactic Hotel

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