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Vanity of Duluoz Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History & Biography (2019) Diogenes carried a bright lampFootball, war, murderFor a young man growing up in America in the 1930's and 40's, these are the forces that shape his life. Duluoz has grown up in the sleepy Massachusetts town of Lowell, but his incredible football talents take him on a scholarship to Columbia University, New York. World War II intervenes and Duluoz serves on the high seas, to come back to New York and the beginnings of the underground beat movement. For Duluoz this is the wild time