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In this hilarious Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, a struggling novelist travels the world to avoid an awkward wedding.
"Arresting lyricism and beauty" -The New York Times Book Review
Who says you can't run away from your problems? You are a failed novelist about to turn fifty. A wedding invitation arrives in the mail: your boyfriend of the past nine years is engaged to someone else. You can't say yes-it would be too awkward-and you can't say no-it would look like defeat. On your desk are a ser...
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