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Long Made Short

Stephen Dixon

Publisher: Dzanc Books

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Summary

Mr. Dixon wields a stubbornly plain-spoken style; he loves all sorts of tricky narrative effects. And he loves even more the tribulations of the fantasizing mind, ticklish in their comedy, alarming in their immediacy".--"New York Times Book Review".
Available since: 04/30/2013.

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