So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell - rerun
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How to Know When It's Time to Write a Novel
The book is a mystery, but it's attempting to unpack the reasons and motives that fed into this kind of act. In doing so, he vividly conjures up two families, two failed marriages and the farm tragedy that led Clarence Smith to murder his neighbor. For many years later, he sees him in the bustling corridor of the Chicago High School. They pass without a word.
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