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Revolutionary Road 95 reviews Richard Yates
Vintage, 2000
America's great literary discovery
+ Devastating + Ozzie & Harriet did NOT live on Revolutionary Road! + Still up to date + Classic Novel of Suburban Malaise
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Angelica: A Novel 19 reviews Arthur Phillips
Random House, 2007
A True Masterpiece
+ Read it in two days (on vacation--but still...) + Not sure what to say
Set in late-Victorian London, ANGELICA is a book like no other. It seamlessly weaves strands of a ghost story, the dissolution of a once near-perfect marriage, and a horrific descent into madness against a profound meditation on the nature of memory, identity, and truth.
ANGELICA revolves ...
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The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Vintage) 283 reviews Lawrence Wright
Vintage, 2007
The Definitive Account of The Genesis of Al Qaeda
+ The Looming Tower .......and The Wall. + A Monumental, but Flawed Work + An Excellent Primer on Al-Qaeda's Birth and Growth + THE book to read if you ever want to know why 9/11 happened
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Loving Frank: A Novel 142 reviews Nancy Horan
Ballantine Books, 2007
Loving Frank is a book to love
+ Loving Frank at the expense of everyone else... + Great read. + Loving Frank + Loving Mamah....
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics 246 reviews Marisha Pessl
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Attention! Read the entire book!
Several one star reviewers did not read past page 100. This book is very slow to start but it picks up the pace AND FAST. It is very well written and clever. Give it a go, you will love it!!
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The Maytrees: A Novel 49 reviews Annie Dillard
HarperCollins, 2007
Deeply Beautiful
+ A Poetic Essay on Love + Almost Poetic + fine family redemption drama
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Eat the Document: A Novel 21 reviews Dana Spiotta
Scribner, 2006
Great book, but ending peters out
+ Blessed from page 1
This is a good read - very good attention to details, informative, a little repetitive in the way that political people can be -- some of the characters just repeat what others have said, but that is not hard to believe. Mary and Bobby create new lives for themselves after a radical act goes ...
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The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Vintage) 283 reviews Lawrence Wright
Vintage, 2007
The Definitive Account of The Genesis of Al Qaeda
+ The Looming Tower .......and The Wall. + A Monumental, but Flawed Work + An Excellent Primer on Al-Qaeda's Birth and Growth + THE book to read if you ever want to know why 9/11 happened
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Loving Frank: A Novel 142 reviews Nancy Horan
Ballantine Books, 2007
Loving Frank is a book to love
+ Loving Frank at the expense of everyone else... + Great read. + Loving Frank + Loving Mamah....
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The Maytrees: A Novel 49 reviews Annie Dillard
HarperCollins, 2007
Deeply Beautiful
+ A Poetic Essay on Love + Almost Poetic + fine family redemption drama
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Eat the Document: A Novel 21 reviews Dana Spiotta
Scribner, 2006
Great book, but ending peters out
+ Blessed from page 1
This is a good read - very good attention to details, informative, a little repetitive in the way that political people can be -- some of the characters just repeat what others have said, but that is not hard to believe. Mary and Bobby create new lives for themselves after a radical act goes ...
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics 246 reviews Marisha Pessl
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Attention! Read the entire book!
Several one star reviewers did not read past page 100. This book is very slow to start but it picks up the pace AND FAST. It is very well written and clever. Give it a go, you will love it!!
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Angelica: A Novel 19 reviews Arthur Phillips
Random House, 2007
A True Masterpiece
+ Read it in two days (on vacation--but still...) + Not sure what to say
Set in late-Victorian London, ANGELICA is a book like no other. It seamlessly weaves strands of a ghost story, the dissolution of a once near-perfect marriage, and a horrific descent into madness against a profound meditation on the nature of memory, identity, and truth.
ANGELICA revolves ...
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Revolutionary Road 95 reviews Richard Yates
Vintage, 2000
America's great literary discovery
+ Devastating + Ozzie & Harriet did NOT live on Revolutionary Road! + Still up to date + Classic Novel of Suburban Malaise
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