“Once when Harry asked Ed why they didn't go back to Toledo, Ed looked at him with that smartass squint and asked, "You ever been to Toledo?"”

Rabbit at Rest (1990)

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American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, an… 1932–2009

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