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Wordplay, Weirdness and a Guest Appearance by Clint Eastwood

April 06, 2025

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“Thrilled to Death” collects many of Lynne Tillman’s spiky short stories, where dreams tell the truth and glamour mingles with the mundane.

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Wordplay, Weirdness and a Guest Appearance by Clint Eastwood

“Thrilled to Death” collects many of Lynne Tillman’s spiky short stories, where dreams tell the truth and glamour mingles with the mundane.

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