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The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 344 pages and is available in paperback format. The storys narrator will is a characters who is not beautiful or extraordinary. His debut novel all about lulu won the washington state book award and his second west of here was a new york times bestseller. Discover millions of unique books in the leading marketplace of independent authors. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Evisons second novel, the new york times bestselling west of here, was released in 2011 by algonquin books. In his teens, evison was the founding member and frontman of the seattle punk band march of crimes, which included future members of pearl jam and soundgarden.
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