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Buffalo Lockjaw

by Greg Ames · 2009

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James Fitzroy isn't doing so well. Though his old friends in Buffalo believe his life in New York City is a success, in fact he writes ridiculous taglines for a greeting card company. Now he's coming home on Thanksgiving to visit his aging father and dying mother, and unlike other holidays, he's not sure how this one is going to end. Buffalo Lockjawintroduces a fresh new voice in American fiction.

Genre
literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisBuffaloBuffaloMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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