A Fan's Notes
by Frederick Exley
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“@AMSchellenberg "End Zone" by DeLillo Also have recommended "Infinite Jest" and "A Fan's Notes," I think. | For me, this is like first, second and third place in terms of best book. It’s that special. | I love A Fan’s Notes by Frederick Exley. Also— A Death In The Family by James Agee. I love all the Dave Eggers books. Carson McCullers. Lorrie Moore. Both Andre Dubus.”
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Football, American Football, and Most Recommended Books.
This fictional memoir, the first of an autobiographical trilogy, traces a self professed failure's nightmarish decent into the underside of American life and his resurrection to the wisdom that emerges from despair....
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Football, American Football, and Most Recommended Books.
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“@AMSchellenberg "End Zone" by DeLillo Also have recommended "Infinite Jest" and "A Fan's Notes," I think. | For me, this is like first, second and third place in terms of best book. It’s that special. | I love A Fan’s Notes by Frederick Exley. Also— A Death In The Family by James Agee. I love all the Dave Eggers books. Carson McCullers. Lorrie Moore. Both Andre Dubus.”
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