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That Wild, Wild West
From:
The Washington Post
| Date:
September 18, 1988| Author:
John Calvin Batchelor
| Copyright 1988 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information
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THE PLACE IN FLOWERS
WHERE POLLEN RESTS
By Paul West
Doubleday. 490 pp. $19.95
Paul West is a writer's writer who aggressively goes too far,
thinks too much, turns too many metaphors and explores too much
strangeness for the casual reader or shop-tired professional. Author
of nearly two dozen books, smarter than praise can touch any more, he
writes hard and reads hard, a scout who's stopped looking back: the
tramping is all. In this, his 14th novel, a modern Wi...
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