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    The Woman Who Wrote King Lear and other stories
    The Woman Who Wrote King Lear and other stories
    The Woman Who Wrote King Lear and other stories
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    The Woman Who Wrote King Lear and other stories

    By Louis Phillips

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    In his 3rd collection of short fiction, Louis Phillips, a widely read author of fiction, poetry, drama, and children s stories, takes us into numerous strange worlds. From the opening story, Errata, which lists dozens of strange mistakes with a previously published story, to the final piece, Lee Harvey Oswald s Can Opener, a reader soon discovers oneself visiting an unpredictable consciousness.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPleasure Boat
    Release dateAug 13, 2009
    ISBN9781929355396
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