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Title: A "Dubliners" for Generation X
Review: Amidon's collection of linked stories exposes the madness atthe heart of American suburbia -- self-destructive teenagers,ambition run amock, the paralysis and quiet desperation thatlie just under the smooth surfaces of life in a singlesubdivision. This is familiar territory in Americanliterature, but Amidon handles it with grace and a strongsense of the compelling image. And, in the end, he givesus reason to hope for his characters in their stultifyingworld.
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