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Quitting the Nairobi Trio

by Jim Knipfel · 2000

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With the same prickly, poignant humor that distinguished Slackjaw, his brave and astonishing (Mirabella) debut, Knipfel recounts his six-month stay in a Minneapolis mental institution. Heartbreaking and funny, often in the same paragraph.—Newsweek.

Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
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humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Themes
mental healthmental healthMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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