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Fahrenheit 451 (Ave Fenix) 1269 reviews Ray Bradbury
Plaza y Janes, 2004
A thrilling combination of 50's pulp sci-fi and reflective commentary
+ Fahrenheit 451: A Novel + a very good book + Timely, thought-provoking, and still hopeful
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Waggle 13 reviews Joe Redden Tigan
iUniverse, Inc., 2007
An involving novel about an awakening sense of social responsibility, highly recommended.
+ Unlike a lot of stories about suburban complacency + Not just for golfers!
Waggle is a novel written by golf lover Joe Redden Tigan, for fellow golf lovers and suburbanites everywhere. One ordinary day in the summer of 2003, real estate appraiser Conny Bromenn decides to inject some change and meaning into the self-absorbed life he shares with his community. He decides to ...
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Life at Blandings (OMNIBUS) 5 reviews P. G. Wodehouse
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1988
wonderfully funny novels by a master of humor
+ "Would that be all, my lord ?" + 2nd-4th Books in the Blandings Castle Series + Absolute delight + Very funny with interesting characters
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We Were the Mulvaneys (Oprah's Book Club) 477 reviews Joyce Carol Oates
Plume, 1996
Not to be missed - a quintessentially American story
+ Elegant & Heartbreaking Prose + An Intense Novel That Kept Me Reading
We Were the Mulvaneys tells the story of the Mulvaney family: handsome, successful patriarch Michael Mulvaney Sr., who owns a thriving roofing business and enjoys the friendship and contacts of many of the movers and shakers in small Mt. Ephraim, New York; blue-eyed, lithe, religious Corinne, ...
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Penguin Classics) 66 reviews Ken Kesey
Penguin Classics, 2002
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
+ Other people may think you are crazy, but you really aren't. + One flew over the Cuckoos Nest + Once one lands in the nest he is never permitted to leave... + Classic!
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The Short Stories (Scribner Classics) 11 reviews Ernest Hemingway
Scribner, 1997
A review of the CD set, not the author's work
+ Experience is Everything... + HEMINGWAY HONES HIS CRAFT + Fast delivery. Expectations met. + A suggestion to Amazon
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Golf Without Tears 2 reviews P. G. Wodehouse
Breakaway Books, 1999
Like Wodehouse? Like golf? Read this!
P. G. does it again. Through the words of the "Oldest Member", Wodehouse spins his tales of love, golf and more golf. Though most modern golfers won't have a clue what a mashie or a niblick is, it doesn't matter, because the golf-stricken fanatics in his tales will light a memory in everyone's ...
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments 93 reviews David Foster Wallace
Back Bay Books, 1998
Literate Gonzo
+ What a tragedy to have lost such a genius. + Wallace on a Cruise Ship?
David Foster Wallace--may he R.I.P.--is one of my very favourite non-fiction writers. I'd categorize his style as a sort-of literate new journalism; while DFW is definately the main character of every essay here (even when he's purportedly talking about, say, David Lynch, DFW's distinctive voice ...
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Cannery Row: (Centennial Edition) 223 reviews John Steinbeck
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002
A Small Social Gathering
+ An All American Gem + Cannery Row: The Great Wistful Little Fishing Town + John steinbeck + Another classic Steinbeck...
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Franny and Zooey 222 reviews J.D. Salinger
Back Bay Books, 2001
Fun Fanaticism
+ Entertaining and intelligent
It was always a little embarrassing to admit that I hadn't read Franny and Zooey. In the literary world, I guess it's kind of the equivalent of a beauty queen admitting she wears dentures. Somewhere in between that admission and the other one (that I found `Catcher in the Rye' tolerably okay but ...
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V. (Perennial Classics) 76 reviews Thomas Pynchon
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1999
Thank God for the last chapter
+ An excellent first novel
I like this book. After I read the last chapter I loved the thing. It's not the most compelling read as you're going through, and half of the time I was asking myself "why keep reading?"...
Then I finished the book (more importantly the last chapter) and it was as if a switch had been flipped in ...
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We Were the Mulvaneys (Oprah's Book Club) 477 reviews Joyce Carol Oates
Plume, 1996
Not to be missed - a quintessentially American story
+ Elegant & Heartbreaking Prose + An Intense Novel That Kept Me Reading
We Were the Mulvaneys tells the story of the Mulvaney family: handsome, successful patriarch Michael Mulvaney Sr., who owns a thriving roofing business and enjoys the friendship and contacts of many of the movers and shakers in small Mt. Ephraim, New York; blue-eyed, lithe, religious Corinne, ...
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Cannery Row: (Centennial Edition) 223 reviews John Steinbeck
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002
A Small Social Gathering
+ An All American Gem + Cannery Row: The Great Wistful Little Fishing Town + John steinbeck + Another classic Steinbeck...
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Penguin Classics) 66 reviews Ken Kesey
Penguin Classics, 2002
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
+ Other people may think you are crazy, but you really aren't. + One flew over the Cuckoos Nest + Once one lands in the nest he is never permitted to leave... + Classic!
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Life at Blandings (OMNIBUS) 5 reviews P. G. Wodehouse
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1988
wonderfully funny novels by a master of humor
+ "Would that be all, my lord ?" + 2nd-4th Books in the Blandings Castle Series + Absolute delight + Very funny with interesting characters
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Waggle 13 reviews Joe Redden Tigan
iUniverse, Inc., 2007
An involving novel about an awakening sense of social responsibility, highly recommended.
+ Unlike a lot of stories about suburban complacency + Not just for golfers!
Waggle is a novel written by golf lover Joe Redden Tigan, for fellow golf lovers and suburbanites everywhere. One ordinary day in the summer of 2003, real estate appraiser Conny Bromenn decides to inject some change and meaning into the self-absorbed life he shares with his community. He decides to ...
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Franny and Zooey 222 reviews J.D. Salinger
Back Bay Books, 2001
Fun Fanaticism
+ Entertaining and intelligent
It was always a little embarrassing to admit that I hadn't read Franny and Zooey. In the literary world, I guess it's kind of the equivalent of a beauty queen admitting she wears dentures. Somewhere in between that admission and the other one (that I found `Catcher in the Rye' tolerably okay but ...
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Fahrenheit 451 (Ave Fenix) 1269 reviews Ray Bradbury
Plaza y Janes, 2004
A thrilling combination of 50's pulp sci-fi and reflective commentary
+ Fahrenheit 451: A Novel + a very good book + Timely, thought-provoking, and still hopeful
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V. (Perennial Classics) 76 reviews Thomas Pynchon
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1999
Thank God for the last chapter
+ An excellent first novel
I like this book. After I read the last chapter I loved the thing. It's not the most compelling read as you're going through, and half of the time I was asking myself "why keep reading?"...
Then I finished the book (more importantly the last chapter) and it was as if a switch had been flipped in ...
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Golf Without Tears 2 reviews P. G. Wodehouse
Breakaway Books, 1999
Like Wodehouse? Like golf? Read this!
P. G. does it again. Through the words of the "Oldest Member", Wodehouse spins his tales of love, golf and more golf. Though most modern golfers won't have a clue what a mashie or a niblick is, it doesn't matter, because the golf-stricken fanatics in his tales will light a memory in everyone's ...
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