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Author: Upton Sinclair

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Author: Anna Tambour

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Description: This was everyone's darling over the summer. I have my doubts, but she's new and cleverThis was everyone's darling over the summer. I have my doubts, but she's new and clever so what the hell......

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Author: Ismail Kadare

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Description: I might as well not have read this because I stupidly sidestepped most of Kadare's intentionsI might as well not have read this because I stupidly sidestepped most of Kadare's intentions and projected my own stuff into the reading, i.e. your life/job/future can be ruined by your own passivity and failure to act, no matter how favorable or open the circumstances, you have to actually play the hand you're dealt rather than let it play you, and so on. Anyone who has read this and was able to look past the end of their own nose should email me because I would love to salvage the experience. **...

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Author: Muriel Spark

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Description: This book is a very old friend, and very dear. I almost forgot it existed, and having a cheapThis book is a very old friend, and very dear. I almost forgot it existed, and having a cheap used copy literally fall into my hands yesterday was like finding $50 in an old pair of jeans. Muriel Spark said in an interview that for her writing is “like taking dictation from god,” and I would have laughed when I read that if it wasn’t so completely plausible. Highly, highly recommended. Or recommended from on high. Whatever. Read it and follow up with a nice cold dose of Miss Jean Brodie. *****...

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Author: Dino Buzzati

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Description: This is currently my favourite book of short stories / favourite book ever.