St. Burl's Obituary

by Daniel Akst

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In this “outrageous, superb novel”(Philadelphia Inquirer), an obese, food-obsessed obituary writer witnesses a gangland slaying, which forces him to embark on a rollicking cross-country odyssey that will alter his eating habits, his weight, and, ultimately, his identity.

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Daniel Akst is a LibraryThing Author, an author who lists their personal library on LibraryThing.

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Mystery, Romance
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3551 .K25 .S25Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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English, German
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Paper, Ebook
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