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The Reasons I Won't Be Coming

by Elliot Perlman · 2006

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The stories in this collection explore the complex worlds of lovers, poets, lawyers, immigrants, students, and murderers. They tell of corporate betrayals and lost opportunities, and of the obsessions, hopes, fears, and vagaries of desire.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
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2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisAustraliaAustraliaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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