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weaving the author's account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of one of history's most unspeakable tragedies

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Down Time searching for a piece thatA terribly funny and lovably louche novel about five friends growing older, if not always up, from Andrew Martin, author of Early Work and Cool for America. Without Cassandra, Aaron would probably be dead. Fortunately, she won't leave him despite the drinking, flirting, solipsism, armchair socialism, overspending, infidelity, catastrophic depression, and disparate but increasingly frequent spells of drug and booze addled debauchery. Unfortunately, she