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Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: Alice Munro

Tags: shorts 2007

2007-04-11

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Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: Flannery O'Connor

Tags: shorts 2007

Description: Witty and incisive stories that are deeply American.

2007-04-02

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• Current

Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: Paul Auster

Tags: 2007

Description: Goes over the same old Auster ground, but at least manages to tie up a few of the loose endsGoes over the same old Auster ground, but at least manages to tie up a few of the loose ends before the close. As readable as ever, but I think reading Auster novels might be a case of diminishing returns....

2007-03-30

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• Current

Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: Zoe Heller

Tags: 2007

Description: Entertaining, but slightly disappointing. It all kind of just tapered away to nothing.

2007-03-14

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• Current

Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: Mark Dunn

Tags: 2007

Description: Brilliant. Clever without neglecting the characters and story

2007-03-13

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Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: Roddy Doyle

Tags: 2007

Description: Tremendous book - nothing really happens, but the characters are fully realised and fascinating.Tremendous book - nothing really happens, but the characters are fully realised and fascinating. ...

2007-03-06

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Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: Cate Kennedy

Tags: shorts Melbourne 2007

Description: Solid collection of stories from a very promising Aussie writer

2007-03-02

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• Current

Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: David Foster Wallace

Tags: stories 2007

Description: Patchy as always - I think I prefer his essays to his fiction (in particular, the first storyPatchy as always - I think I prefer his essays to his fiction (in particular, the first story in this collection addresses issues that were tackled much more effectively in an earlier essay). Some of the stories (Good Old Neon, Oblivion) were wonderful, but sometimes his shtick is too much for me....

2007-01-18

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Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: Julian Barnes

Tags: reread 2007

Description: Tremendous - his best.

2007-01-15

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Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: David Peace

Tags: 2007

Description: Cracking fictionalisation of Brian Clough's brief reign at Leeds United - a team he hatedCracking fictionalisation of Brian Clough's brief reign at Leeds United - a team he hated and who hated him. Brilliantly written and deeply disturbing....

2007-01-10