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Walter kirn a comedy on a 14yearold boy who still sucks his thumb. Mike gazed at reagans square, tanned face and sighed. Thumbsucker is a 2005 film about the journey of justin cobb to release himself from dependence. Kirns novel tells the story of justin cobb, a minnesota teenager whose family experiences a broad spectrum of dysfunction. Apr 03, 2014 dark and witty publishers weekly, walter kirn has been praised for his excoriating and exquisitely detailed satires of modern american life. Based on walter kirns acclaimed bildungsroman, firsttime director mike. Thumbsucker definition of thumbsucker by the free dictionary. Up in the air by walter kirn in epub, fb3, txt download ebook.

He is the author of two previous works of fiction, my hard bargain and she needed me. Stories, she needed me, thumbsucker, and up in the air. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. He spat brown tobacco juice into a beer can he was holding against his lower lip.

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