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Books on This Nitwit's Shelf

An eclectic selection at best, these books represent more than a year's worth of visiting books shops, library sales, yard sales, and thrift shops. Truly a little bit of lots with few connecting threads.
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Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright (Steven Millhauser)
Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright
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Steven Millhauser
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Charles Dickens)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
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Charles Dickens
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
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Signs and Symbols (Vladimir Nabokov)
Signs and Symbols
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Vladimir Nabokov
The Mouse and the Motorcycle (Beverly Cleary)
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
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Beverly Cleary
The Star Machine (Jeanine Basinger)
The Star Machine
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Jeanine Basinger
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
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William Faulkner
Tinkers (Paul Harding)
Tinkers
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Paul Harding
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
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Elizabeth Strout
Eating People Is Wrong (Malcolm Bradbury)
Eating People Is Wrong
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Malcolm Bradbury
Thank You, Jeeves (P.G. Wodehouse)
Thank You, Jeeves
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P.G. Wodehouse
Deliverance (James Dickey)
Deliverance
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James Dickey
The Bird Artist
The Bird Artist
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The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Jamie Ford)
The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
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Jamie Ford
Monster in a Box (Spaulding Gray)
Monster in a Box
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Spaulding Gray
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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Carson McCullers
Hattie Mcdaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood (Jill Watts)
Hattie Mcdaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood
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Jill Watts
Screwball: Hollywood's Madcap Romantic Comedies (Ed Sikov)
Screwball: Hollywood's Madcap Romantic Comedies
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Ed Sikov
The Ice Cream Blonde: The Whirlwind Kife & Mysterious Death of Screwball Comedienne Thelma Todd (Michelle Morgan)
The Ice Cream Blonde: The Whirlwind Kife & Mysterious Death of Screwball Comedienne Thelma Todd
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Michelle Morgan
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
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Charles Dickens
The Tale of the Allergist's Wife (Charles Busch)
The Tale of the Allergist's Wife
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Charles Busch
The Lost World (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Lost World
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Diary of a Mad Housewife (Sue Kaufman)
Diary of a Mad Housewife
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Sue Kaufman
Bright Boulevards Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood (Donald Bogle)
Bright Boulevards Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood
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Donald Bogle
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
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Vladimir Nabokov
A Perfect Waiter (Alan Claude Sulzer)
A Perfect Waiter
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Alan Claude Sulzer
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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Sorry to Be So Cheerful - Adventures of a True Drab Blonde (Hildegarde Dolson)
Sorry to Be So Cheerful - Adventures of a True Drab Blonde
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Hildegarde Dolson
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
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Lorraine Hansberry
The Woman in the Dunes (Kobo Abe)
The Woman in the Dunes
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Kobo Abe
The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets (Sam Hamill)
The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets
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Sam Hamill
Double Indemnity (James M. Cain)
Double Indemnity
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James M. Cain
The Glass Key (Dashiell Hammett)
The Glass Key
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Dashiell Hammett
The Misanthrope (Jean-Baptiste Moliere)
The Misanthrope
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Jean-Baptiste Moliere
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Working Space (Frank Stella)
Working Space
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Frank Stella
Which Lie Did I Tell? (William Goldman)
Which Lie Did I Tell?
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William Goldman
You Might as Well Live (John Keats)
You Might as Well Live
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John Keats
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
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Agatha Christie
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
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Barbara Kingsolver
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