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The novel tells the story and concerns of joseph skizzen, whose father got the family out of austria in 1938, pretending to be jewish, then disappeared in london. An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. Gass born william howard gass 19240730 july 30, 1924. Louis william gass wins award for novel middle c may 29, 2015 st. Book middle c novel by william h gass hardcover brand new. It was started sometime after 1998, with a first excerpt appearing in 2001. His 20 novel middle c won the 2015 william dean howells med.
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