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Spare, contemporary, earnest and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Wally Lamb
- First published
- 1992
- Pages
- 435
- Publisher
- Scribner, Compass Press, Pocket Books
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780671759216
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First sentence
“IN ONE OF MY EARLIEST MEMORIES, MY MOTHER AND I ARE ON the front porch of our rented Carter Avenue house watching two delivery men carry our brand-new television set up the steps.”
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