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of The New York Times Best Seller list,
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uh, for several months.
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And I remember thinking,
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"Who the fuck is this kid?"
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And, uh, "How can I go back in time and be him?"
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A high-school dropout with acne still on his chin,
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gave us what may very well become a classic American novel.
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Since then, of course, we've all enjoyed his short stories,
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including last year's novella, Breakfast for Dinner.
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But it was only when I sat down and reread his novel,
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now available in a beautiful 10th anniversary edition,
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that, uh, I realized