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Cool for America

by Andrew Martin · 2020

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"Expanding the world of his classic-in-the-making debut novel Early Work, Andrew Martin's Cool for America is a hilarious collection of overlapping stories that explores the dark zone between artistic ambition and its achievement."—Publisher's description.

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adult
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medium · 272 pages
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