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Wonderland 11 reviews Joyce Carol Oates
Ontario Review Press, 1992
Oates' Best - A World of Constant Battles
+ Classic Oates + the great american novel + Gripping (mostly)
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The History of Luminous Motion 14 reviews Scott Bradfield
Picador USA, 1996
What a great surprise..
+ the best thing a californian ever picked up on an nyc sidewalk + This book is amazing! + Grabbing, Beautifully Disturbing, and the language... + Keeping this copy in my collection.
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Harriet Said 1 review Beryl Bainbridge
Signet, 1974
Terrifying Teens
"Harriet Said", by Ms. Beryl Bainbridge is an amazing study of two young women and how mischief is just the beginning of a trip that ends with what we would hope was madness. Hope is wishful thinking, for there is nothing in the pasts of these young girls to justify their increasingly bizarre ...
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The Child Buyer 7 reviews John Hersey
Knopf, 1960
For Sale: One Town's Humanity
+ Sharp satire + A memorable classic that has taken on new meaning + discrimination of a highly intelligent kid + Pokes fun at educational establishment & psychobable
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Anywhere but Here 60 reviews Mona Simpson
Vintage, 1992
excellent
+ I LOVED this book. POIGNANT + Great read.....no disappointments here! + A book you can reread endlessly and still find new perspectives..
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The Other 22 reviews Thomas Tryon
Lightyear Pr, 2007
A Brilliant Depiction of the Darkness of the Mind
+ "Holland, where is the baby?!" + Quiet horror
In prose as easy as a floating dream with a story as frightening as a pre-dawn nightmare, Thomas Tryon's 1971 novel THE OTHER is one of the three finest horror novels of 20th Century America, easily ranking alongside Shirley Jackson's THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE and Stephen King's 'SALEM'S LOT.
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The Collector (Back Bay Books) 83 reviews John Fowles
Back Bay Books, 1997
The Collector
+ Amazing Work Of Literature + The Collector is superb!!! + fascinating + YOU WON'T DARE OPEN YOUR MOUTH ... BUT YOU'LL BE SCREAMING FOR HER TO ESCAPE!
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The Bad Seed 40 reviews William March
Harper Perennial, 1997
rhoda is FABULOUS - - period.
+ sugar, spice and everything nice?? + THE BAD SEED!!!!! + Still a Good Read + The murderous preteen has unfortunately become a banal headline
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Absent in the Spring 3 reviews Mary Westmacott, Agatha Christie
Audio Partners, 2001
I have been thinking about this character for 15 years...
+ "Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose . . ." + Really makes you think
Agatha Christie believed that a person is never truly alone when by themselves. There is always someone, a book, a song or an activity of some nature. She believed that absolute solitary, outside of the interference of any person or object, would lead to a profound reflection of who we really ...
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The last of the crazy people (Laurentian library ; 56) 5 reviews Timothy Findley
Macmillan of Canada, 1977
This Canadian author should be read by more Americans
+ An excellent book + powerful goth tale + An incredible look at human nature in dysfunctional families + Socking view on how our society works as a whole!!!
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The Child Buyer 7 reviews John Hersey
Knopf, 1960
For Sale: One Town's Humanity
+ Sharp satire + A memorable classic that has taken on new meaning + discrimination of a highly intelligent kid + Pokes fun at educational establishment & psychobable
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Wonderland 11 reviews Joyce Carol Oates
Ontario Review Press, 1992
Oates' Best - A World of Constant Battles
+ Classic Oates + the great american novel + Gripping (mostly)
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Harriet Said 1 review Beryl Bainbridge
Signet, 1974
Terrifying Teens
"Harriet Said", by Ms. Beryl Bainbridge is an amazing study of two young women and how mischief is just the beginning of a trip that ends with what we would hope was madness. Hope is wishful thinking, for there is nothing in the pasts of these young girls to justify their increasingly bizarre ...
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The Bad Seed 40 reviews William March
Harper Perennial, 1997
rhoda is FABULOUS - - period.
+ sugar, spice and everything nice?? + THE BAD SEED!!!!! + Still a Good Read + The murderous preteen has unfortunately become a banal headline
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The Other 22 reviews Thomas Tryon
Lightyear Pr, 2007
A Brilliant Depiction of the Darkness of the Mind
+ "Holland, where is the baby?!" + Quiet horror
In prose as easy as a floating dream with a story as frightening as a pre-dawn nightmare, Thomas Tryon's 1971 novel THE OTHER is one of the three finest horror novels of 20th Century America, easily ranking alongside Shirley Jackson's THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE and Stephen King's 'SALEM'S LOT.
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The History of Luminous Motion 14 reviews Scott Bradfield
Picador USA, 1996
What a great surprise..
+ the best thing a californian ever picked up on an nyc sidewalk + This book is amazing! + Grabbing, Beautifully Disturbing, and the language... + Keeping this copy in my collection.
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The Collector (Back Bay Books) 83 reviews John Fowles
Back Bay Books, 1997
The Collector
+ Amazing Work Of Literature + The Collector is superb!!! + fascinating + YOU WON'T DARE OPEN YOUR MOUTH ... BUT YOU'LL BE SCREAMING FOR HER TO ESCAPE!
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The last of the crazy people (Laurentian library ; 56) 5 reviews Timothy Findley
Macmillan of Canada, 1977
This Canadian author should be read by more Americans
+ An excellent book + powerful goth tale + An incredible look at human nature in dysfunctional families + Socking view on how our society works as a whole!!!
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Absent in the Spring 3 reviews Mary Westmacott, Agatha Christie
Audio Partners, 2001
I have been thinking about this character for 15 years...
+ "Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose . . ." + Really makes you think
Agatha Christie believed that a person is never truly alone when by themselves. There is always someone, a book, a song or an activity of some nature. She believed that absolute solitary, outside of the interference of any person or object, would lead to a profound reflection of who we really ...
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Anywhere but Here 60 reviews Mona Simpson
Vintage, 1992
excellent
+ I LOVED this book. POIGNANT + Great read.....no disappointments here! + A book you can reread endlessly and still find new perspectives..
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