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Klosterman s writing style is direct, highly personal and robotically crisp hes like a stranger on the seat next to you on a plane who gives you a billion dollar idea. Klosterman s first book, fargo rock city 2001, expanded the story of his north dakota adolescence into an artful consideration of the pleasures and paradoxes of heavy metal. Klosterman s critical awareness of smalltown america shines through in the masterpiece. His columns and articles have appeared in spin, esquire, gq, the new york times magazine, the believer, and the washington post.
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