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– Ron Wilson, John Byrne, Armando Gil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThat last one’s a gag gift for a pal of mine. No, really.<\/p>\n
I make no excuses about Born To Be Brad<\/em>, except to say that it makes my Simon Doonan collection look butch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Waiting for Amy’s train this afternoon (long weekend: woo!), I stopped at the Barnes & Noble on Rt. 17 South in Paramus. That store has a used books section, which also includes reviewers’ copies that are usually marked down half-price from list. There was a 50-75% sale on, so I, um, pillaged. Here’s what I … <\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n– W.G. Sebald<\/li>\n
– W.G. Sebald<\/li>\n
– W.G. Sebald<\/li>\n
– Laurent Binet<\/li>\n
: An Autobiography – Stephen Fry<\/li>\n
– Benoit Peeters<\/li>\n
– Thomas Bernhard<\/li>\n
– Brad Goreski<\/li>\n