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by William Gaddis
About 122 pages (36,474 words)
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Harry and Christina Lutz argue in a hospital waiting room, waiting for her stepbrother, Oscar L. Crease, to return from physical therapy. Oscar has been run over by a car, Harry is due in court, and Christina is hounding him to show some concern for his brother-in-law. Harry has brought him a legal opinion to read and an ad for a new Civil War movie, but Christina says it is bad timing on both. Oscar's house is such a wreck no one will buy it. Young Lily, who is waiting for a messy divorce to go through so she can marry Oscar, will arrive any minute in a new BMW. Her family gives her no support, while Oscar puts off getting new teeth and tries to fund her lawyers. Oscar's.....

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