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But it is neither a meanspirited book nor a onesided one. Im writing 2,000 words a day here, working on the followup to heads in beds, a novel, and one other book about brooklyn and the drug. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read heads in beds. Author jacob tomsky little tommy jacobs as he tells it to protect the innocent has spent over 10 years in the hotel business, processing valet tickets, checking in. Jacob tomskys reading is funny, serious, informative and hip. Heads in beds is hilarious, literate, canny, indignant and kind revealing an author who manages somehow to be both a total hustler and a complete humanitarian.
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