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"I just finished the story The Lame Shall Enter First. Holy shite!" — Aug 06, 2009 03:41PM
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Read in June, 2009
"anything that comes out of the South is going to be called grotesque by the northern reader, unless it is grotesque, in which case it is going to be called realistic." - Flannery O'Connor. I read this quote before beginning the book and I'm glad I did. This is a collection of nine short stories by the author. I regret to say that I had not even heard of O'Connor prior to this book, and I picked it up because "Jacob" was reading it on the season finale of "LOST". I'...more
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Read in August, 2009
I've never been a big fan of short stories. Maybe it's just that I hadn't read Flannery O'Connor. Thanks to Lost, that's no longer the case. I freaking loved this book! Every single story was engrossing and I could not put it down. As I was reading, I had this feeling that I just couldn't shake... like something really bad was about to happen. Ah yes, that would be impending doom. It's not too often a book provokes a visceral reaction in me, but this just blew me away.
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Read in July, 2009
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