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John Henry Days 37 reviews Colson Whitehead
Anchor, 2002
I liked the Intuitionist better..
This is good too, although it took me a long time to actually finish it. It sat on the desk beside my bed for a few months, and, despite my best intentions, I read a few different books during that time while slightly avoiding this one. This one is a bit long, and at times I wondered if he's the ...
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Affliction 42 reviews Russell Banks
Harper Perennial, 1990
A haunting look at ones mans deteriorating sanity...
+ Excellent + very good + A strong look at alcoholism and child abuse + Early, Long, Forever Winter
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The Human Stain: A Novel 196 reviews Philip Roth
Vintage, 2001
Recommending Philip Roth is a little like recommending sex...
+ A smart novel which will stay in your mind for days + Philip Roth = Genius
...It's so obvious it hardly needs saying.
Coleman Silk is a professor ousted from his position on false charges of racism, and, at 71, carrying on a torrid and secret affair with an illiterate 34-year-old cleaning woman. But when it comes to secrets, that's the least of Silk's.
Reading Roth ...
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All the King's Men 176 reviews Robert Penn Warren
Harvest Books, 1996
The Web Of Things
+ Why did I wait? + A Great Book Read By A Great Voice + great literature, sinfully delicious
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Underworld: A Novel 321 reviews Don DeLillo
Scribner, 1998
An Utterly Non-Porus Book.
+ Detritus of the modern age + In Search of a Latin Lover + "Under the surface of ordinary things"
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Affliction 42 reviews Russell Banks
Harper Perennial, 1990
A haunting look at ones mans deteriorating sanity...
+ Excellent + very good + A strong look at alcoholism and child abuse + Early, Long, Forever Winter
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All the King's Men 176 reviews Robert Penn Warren
Harvest Books, 1996
The Web Of Things
+ Why did I wait? + A Great Book Read By A Great Voice + great literature, sinfully delicious
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John Henry Days 37 reviews Colson Whitehead
Anchor, 2002
I liked the Intuitionist better..
This is good too, although it took me a long time to actually finish it. It sat on the desk beside my bed for a few months, and, despite my best intentions, I read a few different books during that time while slightly avoiding this one. This one is a bit long, and at times I wondered if he's the ...
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The Human Stain: A Novel 196 reviews Philip Roth
Vintage, 2001
Recommending Philip Roth is a little like recommending sex...
+ A smart novel which will stay in your mind for days + Philip Roth = Genius
...It's so obvious it hardly needs saying.
Coleman Silk is a professor ousted from his position on false charges of racism, and, at 71, carrying on a torrid and secret affair with an illiterate 34-year-old cleaning woman. But when it comes to secrets, that's the least of Silk's.
Reading Roth ...
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Underworld: A Novel 321 reviews Don DeLillo
Scribner, 1998
An Utterly Non-Porus Book.
+ Detritus of the modern age + In Search of a Latin Lover + "Under the surface of ordinary things"
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