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    Thief And Other Love Stories
    Thief And Other Love Stories
    Thief And Other Love Stories
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    Thief And Other Love Stories

    By EJ Knapp

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    Singing, dancing, murder and magic, the theft of a painting, a short trip to hell, a grand adventure and a despondent green monster. Nine short stories by the author of the non-fiction book Secrets of the Golden Gate Bridge and the novels Stealing The Marbles and Meter Maids Eat Their Young.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEJ Knapp
    Release dateFeb 27, 2013
    ISBN9781301772759
    Thief And Other Love Stories
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    EJ Knapp

    EJ Knapp was born during a thunderstorm in Detroit, Michigan, several years before the Motor City discovered fins. Raised in a working-class, blue-collar neighborhood, he morphed into the stereotypical hoodlum a teenager growing up on the west side of Detroit was expected to be. Dropping out of high school at sixteen, he hit the road in his ‘60 Chevy and has, in one way or another, been rolling down that road ever since.

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