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Dog Fighter, The: A Novel 11 reviews
Marc Bojanowski
Harper Perennial, 2005
Brilliant Debut Novel ...
+ Silenced
+ Wow
+ A Writing Style Reminiscent of Hemingway
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The Rum Diary : A Novel 129 reviews
Hunter S. Thompson
Simon & Schuster, 1999
Thompson Can't BE Beat!
+ GONZO
+ Great first book
+ Unexpectedly Satisfying
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The Magus220 reviews
John Fowles
Dell, 1985
Yes.
+ he should have left it alone
+ Where's the rest of the story?
+ The Magus
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Ask the Dust (P.S.)95 reviews
John Fante
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
Ask The Dust - John Fante
+ I'm ambivalent
+ Great writing, decent story
+ Hell with Hitler
+ Ask the Dust
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The Quiet American (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)102 reviews
Graham Greene
Penguin Classics, 2004
I was a reporter, I had no real opinions about anything
+ The Quiet American
+ I Read it while in Vietnam! What are the chances?
+ Leaves you with a good bad taste
+ Intelligent Musings of a Depressive
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The Dying Animal62 reviews
Philip Roth
Vintage, 2002
A history of 20th-century sexual America
+ Fitting continuation of Professor of Desire
+ The Dying Animal: Roth's Cuban Mistress Crisis.
I think you have two choices when reading this book: be utterly horrified, or take it as a succinct bit of honesty about sex. Which you choose will depend, in all likelihood, on whether you're a woman or a man. Many women will see it as rank misogyny. I don't begrudge them that belief. I happen to ...
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Lonesome Dove 388 reviews
Larry McMurtry
Pocket, 1988
Best Westerns
+ Lonesome Dove
+ Sweeping, masterful, and affecting
+ Wow!
+ Loved It!
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Sideways: A Novel90 reviews
Rex Pickett
St. Martin's Griffin, 2004
Sideways
+ See the film first, the novel is a worthy compliment
+ A treasure
Very entertaining, better than the movie if that is possible, but richer in detail and humor. If you love the Central Coast and you LOVE wine, read it.
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Journey to the End of the Night (New Directions Paperbook)93 reviews
Louis-Ferdinand Celine
New Directions, 2006
The Finest Book About Humanity Ever Written
+ travel is useful
+ Bleak and yet hilarious
+ You Can't Ignore Genius
+ Razor Sharp
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The Old Man Who Read Love Stories13 reviews
Luis Sepulveda
Harvest Books, 1995
A STUNNINGLY DRAWN FABLE...
+ Short but sweet
+ Beautiful and magical
...and one to which it would do us very well to listen. Sepulveda's novel -- succinct yet full of beautiful writing -- is entertaining and compelling, but it also has a great lesson to teach about the way we interact with the natural world. His main character -- the 'old man' of the title -- is ...
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For Whom the Bell Tolls263 reviews
Ernest Hemingway
Scribner, 1995
Lives Up To Its Reputation
+ A Must-Read
+ For Whom the Bell Tolls
+ good and bad
+ The Best War Novel
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The Beach629 reviews
Alex Garland
Riverhead Trade, 1998
In this book, Anything that can happen... Will Happen.
+ A good read...
+ This Beach is not too shallow and not too deep.
+ Soul inspiring
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Oprah's Book Club)252 reviews
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Harper Perennial, 2004
puleeze
+ Read it
+ A profound book, and one of the best I've read
It's so disappointing, not to mention depressing, to read the negative reviews of this book on line here. We are speaking of one of the dozen finest books of the twentieth century. The failure is not the book's. I encourage all of you to try again--let the book lift you.
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Women118 reviews
Charles Bukowski
HarperCollins, 2002
A Raucous Good Time
+ Women
+ A woman on 'Women'
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R27PF6CT4ON2CQ This book is a jolly good time and I hope you like the review.
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A Farewell To Arms374 reviews
Ernest Hemingway
Scribner, 1995
__Underscore.
+ Profound. Sad. Moving.
+ A good, quick read
What beauty. What excellent prose. There is little I can say that has not already been said about Hemingway's style. So, I will keep my review short and blunt. This is one of the select few finest American literary works of the twentieth century. If you have any interest in Hemingway's writing, ...
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Women118 reviews
Charles Bukowski
HarperCollins, 2002
A Raucous Good Time
+ Women
+ A woman on 'Women'
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R27PF6CT4ON2CQ This book is a jolly good time and I hope you like the review.
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Journey to the End of the Night (New Directions Paperbook)93 reviews
Louis-Ferdinand Celine
New Directions, 2006
The Finest Book About Humanity Ever Written
+ travel is useful
+ Bleak and yet hilarious
+ You Can't Ignore Genius
+ Razor Sharp
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The Quiet American (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)102 reviews
Graham Greene
Penguin Classics, 2004
I was a reporter, I had no real opinions about anything
+ The Quiet American
+ I Read it while in Vietnam! What are the chances?
+ Leaves you with a good bad taste
+ Intelligent Musings of a Depressive
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Ask the Dust (P.S.)95 reviews
John Fante
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
Ask The Dust - John Fante
+ I'm ambivalent
+ Great writing, decent story
+ Hell with Hitler
+ Ask the Dust
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Oprah's Book Club)252 reviews
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Harper Perennial, 2004
puleeze
+ Read it
+ A profound book, and one of the best I've read
It's so disappointing, not to mention depressing, to read the negative reviews of this book on line here. We are speaking of one of the dozen finest books of the twentieth century. The failure is not the book's. I encourage all of you to try again--let the book lift you.
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