Jimmy Chen and the fine folks at HTMLGIANT brought us a look at literary doppelgangers yesterday. Our favorite? Ray Carver circa Tess Gallagher and John Candy circa Stripes:
Look at the thrilling hair-do! That sneer cocked just so! The wide lapels of American realism! Can you hear my heart beating? Can you hear everyone’s heart beating? Can you hear the human noise we sit here making? This is what we talk about when we talk about literary doppelgangers.
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