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A Heaven of Others

by Joshua Cohen

Starcherone

January 2008, 178 pages, $16.00

by Patrick Schabe

PopMatters Music Reviews Editor

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Though Jonathan spends much of the story reflecting on his life on Earth, the afterlife he encounters is peppered with dangers that are amorphous and beyond anything to do with the living, including religious beliefs

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