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A Fan's Notes with John Semley
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A Fan's Notes with John Semley

4th and inches between fame and madness

This week we discuss a book that has it all: a writer succumbs to alcohol and ends up in a mental institution, fist fights with random strangers, has tons of meaningless sex, engages in self righteousness, self hatred, and cynicism in equal measure, rejects middle class morality, and acts as a courier for a single bet made on a football game (we had to get some gambling in there somewhere). The book is Frederick Exley’s “fictional memoir” A Fan’s Notes. Joining me is the writer John Semley, host of the podcast Slow Learners. Presented by InGame.com.

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