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Colin Barrett Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Colin Barrett is a writer. Man makes own death chair 25000 volts Writer YOUNG SKINS (2013) HOMESICKNESS (2022) WILD HOUSES (2024) Work in @NewYorker @Harpers @StingingFly he/him

4 books
Book Cover for: Liberation Day: Stories, George Saunders

Liberation Day: Stories

George Saunders
Colin BarrettColin Barrett

Saunders has tasked himself with treading a fine line in these stories: How to depict the incapacitating malaise of despair without succumbing to it? These are stories worth reading, the best of them as thought-provoking and resonant as a fan of Saunders might expect.

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Close to Home, Michael Magee

Close to Home

Michael Magee
Colin BarrettColin Barrett

nice interview with @michaelmagee__ whose excellent novel Close To Home is now out! https://t.co/gsI1re0IJH

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Twenty-Seventh City, Jonathan Franzen

The Twenty-Seventh City

Jonathan Franzen
Colin BarrettColin Barrett

Hosing the blood off my leather trousers after a fight club meet & one of the boys takes me aside. "You gotta read this" he says, thrusting The Twenty Seventh City by Jonathan Franzen into my hands

Paperback, 2021

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Driftless Area, Tom Drury

The Driftless Area

Tom Drury
Colin BarrettColin Barrett

Unsolicited recs as mental health advice, from Tom Drury's The Driftless Area https://t.co/vNZ3HI8hsJ

Paperback, 2007

$13.00$6.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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