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The novel won the 1995 sue kaufman prize for first fiction from the american academy of arts and letters, and received a special citation from the ernest hemingway foundation. Find and compare hundreds of millions of new books, used books, rare books and out of print books from over. Jim grimsley a romance between two homosexuals who come from a different class. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read dream boy.
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