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When Bad Things Happen to Rich People /

When Bad Things Happen to Rich People is a novel of social satire, a black comedy set in Chicago in the summer of 1995. The novel's protagonist, Nix Walters, is an adjunct instructor of English at a communications college in the loop with few prospects for advancement. He had become a literary...

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Autor principal: Morris, Ian, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: DeKalb, IL : Switchgrass Books, NIU Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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