Somebody with a little hammer essays

"Engaging, unusual essays written over the last two decades, on matters literary, social, cultural, and personal--from the explosive date rape debates of the '90s to the ubiquitous political adultery of the '00s, from Anton Chekhov to Celine Dion. Here is Mary Gaitskill the essayist: witty, direct,...

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Main Author: Gaitskill, Mary, 1954- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pantheon Books, [2017]
Edition:First Edition.
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