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In a culture that commodifies everything, Dave Eggers' latest makes room for artistic bliss

In his triumphant new novel, 'Contrapposto,' the author follows two lifelong friends as they collide over money, ambition and the radical dignity of creating art purely for yourself.

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According to Los Angeles Times’s source item, In a culture that commodifies everything, Dave Eggers’ latest makes room for artistic bliss, In his triumphant new novel, ‘Contrapposto,’ the author follows two lifelong friends as they collide over money, ambition and the radical dignity of creating art purely for yourself.

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