Otherwise Known as the Human Condition Selected Essays and Reviews
A volume of definitive nonfiction writings by the National Book Critics Circle finalist author of Out of Sheer Rage draws on 25 years of work and includes pieces that reflect on subjects ranging from jazz and the British-dole queue to haute couture and hotel sex. Original. 12,000 first printing.
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Giovanni Garcia-Fenech @giovannigf
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