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Hailed by the New York Times as "both a treatise and a romp," a bold and brilliant novel of a man coming to terms with himself. Now in paperback, this provocative tale within a tale details the life of avant-garde novelist and college professor Thelonious "Monk" Ellison. Monk, frustrated... read more

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My journal is a private affair, but as I cannot know the time of my coming death, and since I am not disposed, however unfortunately, to the serious consideration of self-termination, I am afraid that others will see these pages.

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  1. Percival L. Everett (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: University Press of New England
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Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 1584650907
Page Count: 277

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