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	Louisiana Saturday Night: Looking for a Good Time in South Louisiana's Juke Joints, Honky-Tonks, and Dance Halls 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012 — 6 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 Louisiana Field Guide: Understanding Life in the Pelican State by Ryan Orgera (Editor), Wayne Parent (Editor), Kent Mathewson (Contributor) 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014 — 5 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
	Darkness Racket and Twang: Essential Listening from the Fringes of Popular and Unpopular Music it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	The First Annual Outside Left Hardy Annual by Joe Ambrose, Alex V. Cook (Goodreads Author), Kirk Lake really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006	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
	Seat Yourself : The Best of South Louisiana's Local Diners, Lunch Houses, and Roadside Stops (Paperback)--by Alex V. Cook [2016 Edition] by Alex V. Cook (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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 Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

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Alex V. said: " This is idle bedtime reading on my phone as I fall asleep, but then it blurts onto my own adolescent mirror a D&D playing, girl-obsessed outcast cast among the living in a nowhere place. It's as beautiful as those who say it is, is. ...more "

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Ulysses

by James Joyce

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