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Rachel Kushner Reads “A King Alone”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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A King Alone Without Distractions, Is a Man of Mischief

A king alone without distractions, is a man of misery. George said he never had any hang ups about his education or felt that knowledge would make him look better. He thought jenny would enjoy his reports from the road but she didn't want to hear about it. She took a hammer and swung it into george's windshield which fractured where she'd hid it in a large radiating web on the passenger's side.

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