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The Only Meaning of the Oil-Wet Water

By: Dave Eggers
Narrated by: Dion Graham
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Summary

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.

©2004 Dave Eggers (P)2010 Recorded Books LLC

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