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TheCuriousCaseofBenjaminButton
Fullgrownwithalong,smoke-colouredbeard,requiringtheservicesofacaneandfonderofcigarsthanwarmmilk,BenjaminButtonisaverycuriousbabyindeed.And,asBenjaminbecomesincreasinglyyouthfulwiththepassingyears,hisfamilywonderswhyhepersistsintheembarrassingfollyoflivinginreverse.Inthisimaginativefableofageingandtheotherstoriescollectedhere-includingTheCut-GlassBowlinwhichanill-meantgifthauntsafamily'smisfortunes,TheFourFistswhereaman'slifeshapedbyaseriesofpunchestohisface,andtherevelry,mobsandanguishofMayDay-F.ScottFitzgeralddisplayshisunmatchedgiftasawriterofshortstories. |
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