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Joe Gola was born in Brooklyn and raised in Connecticut. His hobbies include brooding silently upon the moors and board games. The Satanic Bridegroom is his first novel. He currently resides in a haunted ice cream truck in Connecticut, USA.

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The Satanic Bridegroom

4.31 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions

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Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood

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message 2: by Joe

Sep 02, 2019 07:03PM

I'll check it out!

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message 1: by Allison

Aug 25, 2019 03:45PM

Joe,
Just finished reading Melmouth by Sarah Perry. Gothic horror-ish set in Prague now and during WWII. I kept thinking you'd like it better than anyone I know.
Don't miss it!
xo
Allison

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