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Frederick Barthelme

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3 picks · 1982–1987

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Cooker
fiction ·

Roger, the narrator, is married to Lily, and they have 2 children: Christine, 8, and Charles, II. Roger tells Lily he's tired of complaining about …

Trip
fiction ·

Harry Lang met Fay at a corporate sensitivity workshop in San Antonio last year. They have spent the last 6 months having long & wistful phone …

Rain Check
fiction ·

Narrator is on a date with a woman named Lucille, who is much younger than he. He is almost forty. She has chosen the restaurant, which is called Red Legs.…