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Perfect wave : more essays on art and democracy /

When Dave Hickey was twelve, he rode the surfer's dream, the perfect wave. And, like so many things in life we long for, it didn't quite turn out, he shot the pier and dashed himself against the rocks of Sunset Cliffs in Ocean Beach, which just about killed him. Fortunately, for Hickey and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hickey, Dave, 1940- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Arts, American > 20th century.

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