A Model World
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15/05/2008
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Paperback
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Written with wryness and intellectual depth, this is a collection of eleven wonderful stories about growing up and growing wise. In ′S Angel′, a group of wedding guests is hijacked by a fast-talking real estate agent, but not before the bride herself disappears. ′Smoke′ takes us to a baseball catcher′s funeral, where one of the mourners - a has-been pitcher - confronts the ruins of his career. In the hilarious title story, a graduate student plagiarizes a dissertation on the movement of clouds, only to find himself and his faculty advisor in a parlour game where each player must confess the worst thing he or she has ever done. The second part of the book ,′The Lost World′, is a series of stories about a young boy, Nathan Shapiro, who must face the wrenching emotions caused by his parents′ bitter divorce.
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