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James Lileks



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Average rating: 4.04 · 3,971 ratings · 486 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors
The Gallery of Regrettable ...
4.11 avg rating — 1,844 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions
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Interior Desecrations: Hide...
4.14 avg rating — 650 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions
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Mommy Knows Worst: Highligh...
3.86 avg rating — 478 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions
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Gastroanomalies: Questionab...
3.95 avg rating — 426 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
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Graveyard Special (Mill Cit...
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Falling Up the Stairs
3.73 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions
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The Casablanca Tango (Mill ...
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Notes of a Nervous Man
3.72 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions
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Fresh Lies
4.19 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions
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Tiny Lies
3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2013
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“Look. Folks. It's simple. If you have poor taste in decorating, don't go nuts in the entryway. Wait until your guests are inside before you spring something unusual on them.”
― James Lileks, Interior Desecrations: Hideous Homes from the Horrible '70s
tags: interior-design
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“In the early '70s, the nation was afflicted with incurable pattern viruses - small microbes that reproduced and multiplied from a single swatch left on a sofa, and soon covered an entire room.”
― James Lileks, Interior Desecrations: Hideous Homes from the Horrible '70s
tags: interior-design, viruses
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“I love the early hours of the day. It’s a nice place to visit but I wouldn’t want to live there.”
― James Lileks
tags: humor, mornings
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