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... Lost in the Funhouse , " a major story from his forthcoming collec- tion of the same name . " So far there's been no real dialogue , very little sensory detail , and nothing in the way of a theme , " the narra- tor admits after the ...
... Lost in the Funhouse , " a major story from his forthcoming collec- tion of the same name . " So far there's been no real dialogue , very little sensory detail , and nothing in the way of a theme , " the narra- tor admits after the ...
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... Lost in the Funhouse ) , " The Literature of Exhaus- tion " read as a literary suicide note . Or else as an equivocation , since for the one story about Ambrose which demands a parody of the conventional ( " Lost in the Fun- house ...
... Lost in the Funhouse ) , " The Literature of Exhaus- tion " read as a literary suicide note . Or else as an equivocation , since for the one story about Ambrose which demands a parody of the conventional ( " Lost in the Fun- house ...
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... lost something , took a wrong turn , forgot some knack , I don't know ; it seemed to me that if I kept going over it carefully enough I might see the pattern , find the key . " 37 Again “ he felt that a treasure - house of new fiction ...
... lost something , took a wrong turn , forgot some knack , I don't know ; it seemed to me that if I kept going over it carefully enough I might see the pattern , find the key . " 37 Again “ he felt that a treasure - house of new fiction ...
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