Remembering Denny
Calvin Trillin. Warner Books, $11.99 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-446-67032-6
This collection was on PW 's bestseller list for seven weeks. (Apr.)
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Reviewed on: 04/04/1994
Genre: Nonfiction
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