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Grounding the reader

August 31, 2012 A. B. Westrick 2 Comments

Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club begins like this:          Tyler gets me a job as a waiter, after that Tyler’s pushing…

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Malve von Hassell Author@MvonHassell·
18 Sep

Thank you, @abwestrick for this wonderful interview.

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