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The Guy in 3C and Other Tales, Satires and Fables
- Book ID
- 126927357
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Category
- Standards
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
The book is a mixed bag of satire, mordant and/or playful wit as well as other forms of non-realistic fiction. Targets include American historical blindness (The Guy in 3C”) , obsessive social correctness (“A Breach of Decorum”), greed (“The Reminder”) and literary pomposity (Litbiz Magazine Interview)
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