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THE IRREVERSIBLE DECLINE OF EDDIE SOCKET <i> by John Weir (Harper & Row: $15.95; 276 pp.) </i>

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“Time and again, characters in this world ask each other only for hugs . . . The author has worked with AIDS patients and he makes sure we understand the pain here. There’s no way of backing off from this wrenching, beautifully told story.

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