SOURCE: "The Three Great Lies: Riddles of Love and Death in a Postmodern Novel," in Southern Folklore, Vol. 48, No. 3, 1991, pp. 235-54.
In the following essay, de Caro examines the cultural context and significance of contemporary urban folklore in Story of My Life, particularly as revealed in formal and informal communication among the novel's characters.
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