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An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England

by Brock Clarke

Algonquin

September 2007, 305 pages, $23.95

by Jason B. Jones

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Clarke's book ought to make us think about the stories we tell ourselves to keep the howling demons at bay and, hopefully, to laugh honestly at them for what they really are.

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