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Monday, January 3, 2011

Books Shooting Books: What Big Novel of 2010 Would Actually Stop a Bullet?

Posted by Jonny Diamond on Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 10:07 AM

This just in from our pals over at Electric Literature: a very important video of a man shooting a gun at the year's biggest novels, to determine if reading books can, in fact, save your life.

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Monday, January 3, 2011

Books Shooting Books: What Big Novel of 2010 Would Actually Stop a Bullet?

Posted by Jonny Diamond on Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 10:07 AM

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