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In The Age of Wire and String , hailed by Robert Coover as "the most audacious literary debut in decades," Ben Marcus welds together a new reality from the scrapheap of the past. Dogs, birds, horses, automobiles, and the weather are some of the recycled elements in Marcus' first... read more

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This is book 72 of 100 in 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction. (authoritative list)

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  1. Ben Marcus (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
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Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0679426604
Page Count: 140

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