# Wish I Could Be There

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- Book: [Wish I Could Be There](https://www.bookquiver.com/allen-shawn/wish-i-could-be-there) ([Wish I Could Be There.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/allen-shawn/wish-i-could-be-there.md))
- Authors: [Allen Shawn](https://www.bookquiver.com/allen-shawn)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4311-307-2
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2008-01-29
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In addition to being the son of famous New Yorker editor William Shawn and brother of the distinguished playwright and actor Wallace Shawn, Allen Shawn is agoraphobic-he is afraid of both public spaces...