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Travels with Alice

by Calvin Trillin · 1999

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There's bad news these days for Calvin Trillin fans—he's about to skip town and he's taking Alice and the girls with him. The good news—you're going too.

Subject
travelbiographycooking
Genre
humor
Themes
food
Setting
1990seurope
Audience
adult
Form
essaysshort stories

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