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Title: Too much teaching, not enough writing
Review: Dunning did his homework in the book department, name dropping ever author and how much their book was worth in 1983. But the story is chockful of cliches and mixed metaphores. This reads like a poor mix of every detective novel on the shelves. (I wonder how much a first edition Dunning goes for?) The writer's world of show me don't tell me does not hold Dunning back from telling us every detail of first edition books. I felt like I was in a literature class on how to open a store; not reading a mystery novel. Oh, yeah, that's in there, too; something about a murder or two.
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