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    The Only Meaning of the Oil-Wet Water

    Written by Dave Eggers

    Narrated by Dion Graham

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    About this audiobook

    In The Only Meaning of Oil-Wet Water, two old friends, Pilar and Hand, reunite in Costa Rica for a kind of loveless love affair. Pilar takes two planes from Champaign, Illinois to San José, rents a car, and meets Hand in Playa Alta on the Pacific coast because she wants to sleep with Hand and Hand wants to surf.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateMay 1, 2014
    ISBN9781471263033
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    The Only Meaning of the Oil-Wet Water
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    Dave Eggers

    Dave Eggers is the author of many books, including What Can a Citizen Do? and Her Right Foot. He is the cofounder of: Voice of Witness, an oral-history series focused on human rights; 826 National, a network of writing and tutoring centers; and ScholarMatch, which connects donors and under-resourced students to make college possible. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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