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Notes of a Dirty Old Man
by Charles Bukowski
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by Paul Bowles
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by Allen Ginsberg
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The Quiet American (Penguin Classics)
by Graham Greene
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Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
by Karl Marlantes
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Pieces of a Song: Selected Poems
by Diane Di Prima
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