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The Man Who Watched Trains Go By by Georges Simenon
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The Angel Esmeralda by Don DeLillo
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The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs
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Independence Day by Richard Ford
Independence Day
by Richard Ford
read in October, 2011
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This is one of those great American books where not a lot happens, but it's all so very authentically 'not happening' that it's enjoyable just the same.
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Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
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Kraken by China Miéville
Kraken
by China Miéville (Goodreads Author)
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If you're coming new to the works of China Mieville, I don't believe this is a good place to start. I found Kraken to be an incredibly difficult book to finish. The quality of the writing is below average, the story forced, the characters overwritten...more
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