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Waiting For The Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee

Been Down So Long it Looks Like Up to Me by Richard Fariña

Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

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Flashman and the Mountain of Light

by George MacDonald Fraser

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The Facades

by Eric Lundgren (Goodreads Author)

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The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and the Pursuit of America's Enemies to the Ends of the Earth

by Mark Mazzetti

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Ryan Chapman is currently reading: Flashman and the Mountain of Light by George MacDonald Fraser	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ryan Chapman marked as to-read: Forty-one False Starts: Essays on Artists and Writers by Janet Malcolm	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ryan Chapman is currently reading: The Facades by Eric Lundgren (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ryan Chapman rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Assignment: or, On the Observing of the Observer of the Observers by Friedrich Dürrenmatt read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
An excellent parable of conflict and paranoia in the vein of Waiting for the Barbarians, with a dash of Baudrillard for good measure. It's difficult to summarize this work, since on the one hand it's pure plot--advancing so quickly it almost trips ov...more
May 07, 2013 06:38pm · see review
Ryan Chapman rated a book 4 of 5 stars Indignation by Philip Roth	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ryan Chapman is currently reading: The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and the Pursuit of America's Enemies to the Ends of the Earth by Mark Mazzetti	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ryan Chapman marked as to-read: You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack: Cartoons by Tom Gauld	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ryan Chapman marked as to-read: Reluctant Capitalists: Bookselling and the Culture of Consumption by Laura J. Miller	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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