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Its 1959 and harry rabbit angstrom, one time high school sports superstar, is going nowhere. They were no harder than landscapes and a little more interesting. The coup is a 1978 novel by american author john updike. John updike, you failed me ive read 6 of your novelsim a big fanbut the coup was a crappy, crappy book.
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