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Cheap Novelties: The Pleasures Of Urban Decay

by Ben Katchor

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Cheap Novelties: The Pleasures Of Urban Decay by Ben Katchor appears in NPR’s 2016 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around for art lovers, comics & graphic novels, book club ideas, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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