A NOVEL OF ALIENATION FOR THE DOOMER GENERATION
The story of a young man at the end of his rope—his girlfriend has left him, he hates his job, he has no friends, no beliefs, no hope, no future.
During the course of a week he will plunge...
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I will abstain. If you're interested in The O. Henry Prize Stories 2005 at all, you're...
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