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Daniel Nester grew up in the Springsteen-esque suburb of Maple Shade, New Jersey. There, he discovered music, poetry, and his father's odd yen for conspiracy theories and get-rich-quick schemes. SHADER: 99 Notes on Car Washes, Making Out in Church, Grief, and Other Unlearnable Subjects, is his coming-of-age story about a music-obsessed Catholic boy in search of a new identity.