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Portrait Of An Artist, As An Old Man

Novelist Eugene Pota is a cultural icon of the 20th century, struggling to write what will be the last novel of his career. But what to write about when, like so many noted authors before him, all of Pota's output since that first, landmark novel has been scrutinized, dissected - and found wanting?

Genre
humor
Themes
writers
Setting
2000scollege
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 240 pages

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