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420 CHARACTERS
By: Lou Beach

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
December 2011
On Sale: December 6, 2011
176 pages
ISBN: 0547617933
EAN: 9780547617930
Kindle: B005LVQZWU
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Alternately surreal, funny, ominous, and lyrical, Lou Beach’s 420 Characters offers an experience as dazzling as any in contemporary fiction. Revealing worlds of meaning in single paragraphs, these crystalline miniature stories began as Facebook status updates, and mark a new turn in an acclaimed artist and illustrator’s career. 420 Characters features original collages by the author.

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