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Title: Two times too much
Review: Jim Harrison, in a promo blurb, says that the introduction alone is worth the price of the book. Close but not quite right. The introduction is the best part of the book. That and the picture on the book cover. This book is a collection of previously published essays and magazine stories. Two times too much for most of them. A mundane, wordy chronicle of action sports and poetry by a dilettante who is forever quoting his poet soul brother, rainer maria rilke, another dabbler who perfected the art of guesting and frivolous flitting about under the guise of meaningful experience. This book has nothing new to say. Second hand and second rate.
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