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    Rudolph Wurlitzer, Part II

    Nog (Two Dollar Radio); Flats / Quake (Two Dollar Radio) When Flats and Quake were published, the sixties were ending, and these novels can be said to chronicle the death of a dream. (Part I airs January 14)

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    By Michael Silverblatt • Jan 21, 2010 • 29m Listen

    Nog (Two Dollar Radio);

    Flats / Quake (Two Dollar Radio)

    When Flats and Quake were published, the sixties were ending, and these novels can be said to chronicle the death of a dream. Wurlitzer speaks about his collaboration with Sam Peckinpah on Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, as well as how American culture changed as the seventies took their toll. (Part I)

    Read an excerptfrom Quake. Read an excerpt from Nog

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