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Critical Review by Curt Suplee

1,119 words, approx. 4 pages

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Critical Review by Louis B. Jones

963 words, approx. 4 pages

Jones is an American novelist whose works include Ordinary Money (1990). In the following review, he faults the numerous puns and slightness of characterization in The Gold Bug Variations, but states ... Read more

Critical Review by Michael Harris

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Critical Review by Joseph Tabbi

400 words, approx. 2 pages

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634 words, approx. 3 pages

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