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Alanna Schubach is an author and journalist. Author of THE NOBODIES (@BlackstoneAudio), fellowships from @macdowell1907, @Center4Fiction, @nyfacurrent. Writing teacher. Still a Long Island trashbag.

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Book Cover for: Remainder, Tom McCarthy

Remainder

Tom McCarthy
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Does this show strike anyone else as having a strong resemblance to Tom McCarthy's REMAINDER? https://t.co/kGK3o71ngu

Paperback, 2007

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Patrick Suskind

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Patrick Suskind
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She also got me to read a lot of genuinely great weird shit. Like Patrick Suskind—The Pigeon and Perfume.

Paperback, 2001

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Why Did I Ever, Mary Robison

Why Did I Ever

Mary Robison
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@Perez_Writes Read any Mary Robison? Why Did I Ever may fit the bill.

Paperback, 2018

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Hearing Trumpet, Leonora Carrington

The Hearing Trumpet

Leonora Carrington
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@madsgobbo Have you read Leonora Carrington's The Hearing Trumpet?

Paperback, 2021

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Nobodies, Alanna Schubach

The Nobodies

Alanna Schubach
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“What happens when two friends are so close, the lines of their identities blur? Alanna Schubach’s The Nobodies is a riveting exploration of intimacy and betrayal, a coming-of-age tale that’s both insightful and brash.” —@elizgaffney, author of When the World Was Young

Paperback, 2023

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Short Move, Katherine Hill

A Short Move

Katherine Hill
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What @khilleast accomplishes in this novel is unbelievable... the range of voices, the immediacy of the places, the way she reveals the wages of fame and relentless physical exertion. I literally know nothing about football and was always engrossed.

Paperback, 2020

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Telephone, Percival Everett

Telephone

Percival Everett
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Just finished TELEPHONE by Percival Everett. Heavy. Excellent. I loved it. Now I need to find out what goes down in the other two versions. Anyway, it was my first by him—what others of his do you all love? I immediately want to read more.

Paperback, 2020

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book