Big Country had a string of hits, including Fields of Fire, Chance, In a Big Country and East of Eden.

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And that whenever I have any questions, instead of going to a how-to book that I had from a class, I always just turn to Catch-22 or East of Eden, which are some of my favorite - two of my favorite novels, and that always seems to help more.

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