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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.018896073 EAN: 9780316599238 ISBN: 0316599239 Label: Little, Brown and Company Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 592 Publication Date: February 01, 1997 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Studio: Little, Brown and Company Related Items:
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 Rating: - YawnMost of the stories in this book are very boring. Even what'smeant to be interesting such as the story about a lesbian vampirebrothel-owner (i kid you not!)is so overdone that it's positively farcical. I don't have the book to hand at the moment but I remember another story that tried a stream-of-consciousness approach that failed miserably. I felt like I was wading through the stories. Of course there are some good stories from a book boasting contributions from Baldwin and Morrison, but the vast ... Read More 
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