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From the author of the critically acclaimed Hokkaido Highway Blues comes this hysterically funny debut novel, a searing and compulsive satire on the concept of self-help and contemporary America. When an enormous self-help manuscript arrives on the desk of Edwin de Valu, a stressed-out,... read more

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"Grand Avenue cuts through the very heart of the city, from 71st Street all the way to the harbourfront, and although it is eight lanes wide, with a treed boulevard running down the middle, the Avenue feels claustrophobic and narrow."

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  1. Will Ferguson (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Country: USA
Publication Date: June 3, 2003
ISBN: 006052510X
Page Count: 320

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