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Dave Eggers' The Wild Things is available for preorder, in regular hardcover and
limited-edition fur-covered.

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CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD DURING A NORMAL DAY IN LOS ANGELES, MODIFIED TO INCLUDE THE SHOCKING DEPICTION OF RACISM FOUND IN PAUL HAGGIS'S 2005 FILM CRASH. BY BRENDON LLOYD - - - - ME: Are we working tonight? CO-WORKER: Yeah. ME: This sucks. CO-WORKER: I can't freakin' stand those Indians. ME: I'm part Cherokee. CO-WORKER: Then why don't you go smoke a peace pipe and get the hell out of my country? - - - - FRIEND: How was work? ME: Not bad. The usual stuff. Yourself? FRIEND: I sure hate those Mexicans. - - - - WAITER: Can I take your order? ME: I'll have the club sandwich, easy on the mayo. WAITER: To drink? ME: Why are you people always asking me what I want to drink? WAITER: What? ME: You heard me. - - - - OTHER McSWEENEY'S FEATURES: - - - - Conversations I've Had During a Normal Day in Los Angeles, Modified to Include the Shocking Depiction of Racism Found in Paul Haggis's 2005 Film Crash By Brendon Lloyd 1997: The Year Tooth Whitening Broke By Dan Kennedy Those Wacky Htoo Twins By Lawrence Weschler Tom Cruise Speaks at Official Unveiling of Zoo's New Tiger Enclosure By Chris Norton Ongoing Roadblocks in the Mongoose-Cobra Peace Process By Bob Woodiwiss

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