Lempriere's Dictionary
by Lawrence Norfolk
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Read in September, 2007
Warning: you must have the ability to suspend your disbelief, or better yet turn it off, put it in a box, bury it deep amid the amassed clutter of your long ago forgotten possessions that you had to have but now can't remember why you wanted them in the first place but can't convince yourself to get rid of them in the deep recesses of your attic, to finish reading this novel. Sentences of this misbegotten tale ramble on like so many oddly misdirected thoughts, yet do achieve a certain relevancy...more
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I'm really trying but finding this a bit of a slog. I'm not sure if it's a matter of mood/"still getting over flu so brain not functioning" thing, or if it's just not my cup of tea.
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Update: I gave up. And I feel all the better for it.
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Update: I gave up. And I feel all the better for it.
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18th century englishman, haunted by ghosts and composing/compiling a dictionary of mythologies. i've heard good things. swarthy characters, book writing that causes a spiral into madness.
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One of the most engaging historical novels I have ever read. Would you believe there was a web of tunnels once below London, and Huguenot immigrants used them for their secretive purposes?
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Das ist das erste Buch, welches ich in drei oder vier Anläufen nicht geschafft habe, zu ende zu lesen. Steht heute noch angefangen in meinem Bücherschrank...
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One of the few books I was not able to finish. I think I gave up on page 100 or so....
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