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Alan Gibbs

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Average rating: 3.6 · 15 ratings · 2 reviews · 23 distinct works
Contemporary American Traum...

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Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
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What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
"Please, when I die, just place a copy of this book on my grave. That’s all I ask—thank you.

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