Cecilia’s party had never been cleaned up. The paper tablec… - The Virgin Suicides

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Cecilia’s party had never been cleaned up. The paper tablecloth, spotted with mice droppings… A brownish scum of punch… sprinkled with flies… A profusion of withered balloons hung from the ceiling… The domino game still called for a three or a seven.

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Jeffrey Kent Eugenides (born March 8, 1960) is an American novelist and short story writer.

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