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I’d been demoted and was shoveling slide-back and minding my own business when they found Dwayne Mays’s body in a pile of gob.

Down Don't Bother Me by Jason Miller

Mr Blandings Builds his Dream House by Eric Hodgins

Growing Up by Russell Baker

Malone Dies by Samuel Beckett

High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes

Becoming Duchess Goldblatt by Anonymous

October 12, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Down Don’t Bother Me – 3/5 Stars This is a short gritty Illinois coal country noir novel. I picked it up because I follow the author online but only know him through his relatively insightful and mostly very angry response to the garbage world we all live in. When I was able to grab a copy of his book I did. The novel takes place in southern Illinois in those kinds of rural spaces where there’s a lot of open land, little townlets, and in […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Anonymous, becoming duchess goldblatt, down don't bother me, Eric Hodgins, growing up, Jason Miller, malone dies, mr blandings builds his dream house, Richard Hughes, Russell Baker, samuel beckett

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:549 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Anonymous, becoming duchess goldblatt, down don't bother me, Eric Hodgins, growing up, Jason Miller, malone dies, mr blandings builds his dream house, Richard Hughes, Russell Baker, samuel beckett ·
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