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From: NPR All Things Considered
Date: 20071205
Author:MELISSA BLOCK

MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
12-05-2007
Author Recommends a Sherwood Anderson Classic

Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time 21:00-22:00 PM

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MELISSA BLOCK, host:

Tom Perrotta is famous for writing books that are made into movies, full of irony and sly wit. His titles include, "Election," "Little Children" and "The Abstinence Teacher."

Here's his pick for our series You Must Read This.

Mr. TOM PERROTTA (Author): I grew up in a small, blue-collar town in New Jersey, the kind of place where everyone knows everyone else. In the mid-70s, it was statistically determined to be the average ...

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