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When Nancy Goldstone bought a vintage copy of "War and Peace" to win a birthday bet with co-author Larry, the couple began their journey into the world of book collecting, meeting a hilarious cast of eccentrics along the way. Part travel story, part love story, and part memoir, this book... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Lawrence Goldstone: husband and co-author
- Michael: Add a description of this character.
- Kevin
- David
- Clarence Wolf
- Brian
- George Minkoff
- Swann
- Helen
- John Sanderson
- Faulkner
- Larry
- Steinbeck
- Mark Twain
- Peter
- Ruth
- Emily
- Stern
- Claire
- Rusty
- Henry James
- Martin Chuzzlewit
- Nancy
- Charles Dickens
- Josephine Tey
- Mr. Murray
- Maude
- Marty
- Phineas
- Rohe
- Maggs
- Hitler
- Esther
- Fitzgerald
- Raymond Chandler
- Trollope
- Gatsby
- Lewis
- Powell
- Ainge
- Stilwell
- H. P. Lovecraft
- Burroughs
- Matthew
- Dos Passos
- J. N. Bartfield
- B. Traven
First Sentence edit
more than twenty dollars . . . or not a lot more anyway." Jo thought for a moment.
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 002.092
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