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	Cthulhu Haiku by Lester Smith (Editor), Scarlett R. Algee (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Ralph Faraday (Contributor) 3.96 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2012 — 3 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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	Summer of the Cinetherapist it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	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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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families

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“You can always see an ancient city better when it’s been bombed.”
― William Gaddis, The Recognitions

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“I was one of only two people on staff who knew how semicolons worked.”
― Lauren Oyler, Fake Accounts

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“—The one about the lady from the First Unitarian Church of Kennebunkport, M.E. who orders monogrammed napkins for a church luncheon and . . . Oh, I’ve spoiled it.”
― William Gaddis, The Recognitions

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