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Literary Rogues

A Scandalous History of Wayward Authors

by Andrew Shaffer

Literary Rogues

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Humorist Andrew Shaffer profiles the literary greats who wrote generation-defining classics such as The Great Gatsby and On the Road while living and loving like hedonistic rock icons who were as likely to go on epic benders as they were to hit the bestseller lists.

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