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ABANDON ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE is scrawled in blood red lettering on the side of the Chemical Bank near the corner of Eleventh and First and is in print large enough to be seen from the backseat of the cab as it lurches forward in the traffic leaving Wall Street and just as Timothy Price notices the words a bus pulls up, the advertisement for Les Miserables on its side blocking his view, but Price who is with Pierce & Pierce and twenty-six doesn't seem to care because he tells the driver he will give him five dollars to turn up the radio, "Be My Baby" on WYNN, and the driver, black, not American, does so. Read the first page
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These are the most frequently used words in this book.
again
another
anything
asks
away
bar
bateman
black
call
christie
come
courtney
dinner
down
drink
evelyn
even
eyes
face
fucking
get
girl
glass
go
god
going
good
guy
hand
head
hear
ing
jean
know
last
let
listen
long
looking
looks
luis
maybe
mcdermott
mean
mouth
move
myself
new
next
night
now
oh
okay
open
owen
patrick
patten
pause
place
price
really
right
room
say
see
seems
should
shouts
sigh
silk
sits
smiles
someone
something
sounds
stand
staring
start
still
stop
suit
sure
table
take
tell
thing
think
though
tie
time
toward
trying
turn
two
van
walk
want
wearing
wool
yes
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