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2005 Nominated

Bump

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Bump is the story of a trio of motorists and one policeman linked together by a tangled, life-altering web of coincidence in the immediate aftermath of a three-car pile-up in Los Angeles. Dorothy is to be married in less than twenty-four hours but can’t shake the memory of her ex-boyfriend. Madelyn is a married mother of two who falls in love with a man she met through a suicide hotline. Leo is a golden-eyed Latino who speaks no Spanish and has come to L.A. to reclaim his girlfriend. Ray is a Beverly Hills cop whose wife has just left him.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Diana
Wagman

Diana is the author of six novels. Her second won the PEN West Award for Fiction. Her fourth was briefly a local best seller. She has stories and essays in a variety of journals and anthologies, from Electric Literature to The Economist. She teaches and occasionally writes for what’s left of the LA Times.

Diana is the author of six novels. Her second won the PEN West Award for Fiction. Her fourth was briefly a local best seller. She has stories and essays in a variety of journals and anthologies, from Electric Literature to The Economist. She teaches and occasionally writes for what’s left of the LA Times.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Date published
24/01/2025
Country
United States
Original Language
English
Author
Publisher
Carroll & Graf Publishing

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