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Vincent
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The Human Stain (Paperback) by Philip Roth |
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recommended for: Post-modern hipsters
read in April, 1956 
Vincent said:
"Mr. Roth,
Your banal prose and elementary gimmicks do nothing to endear yourself to me, sir. If, in the future, a thought flies into your head and you would like to put it down on paper, I would first suggest that you hide or burn every John Updi...more " |
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| November 23, 2007 | ||||
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Vincent
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Saturday (Paperback) by Ian McEwan |
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recommended for: Literature Majors with a C average.
read in April, 1977
Vincent said:
"Dear Sirs and Madams,
I was unaware that people consider McEwan a great writer. Is he better in the original British? G, V " |
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| November 12, 2007 | ||||
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Vincent
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Franny and Zooey (Paperback) by J.D. Salinger |
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recommended for: Ayn Rand
read in October, 2007
Vincent said:
"Sirs and Madams,
Salinger's best. No question. D, V " |
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| November 06, 2007 | ||||
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Vincent
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I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert |
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recommended for: Oscar Wilde
read in April, 1977
Vincent said:
"Sirs and Madams,
This is a very solid book. It's got a little more to it than I expected, and his Correspondence Dinner speech is printed in the back. I like those extras! C, V " |
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| November 01, 2007 | ||||
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New comment on Vincent's review of
Othello (Folger Shakespeare Library)
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| October 28, 2007 | ||||
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Vincent
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The Erotic Poems (Penguin Classics) by Publius Ovidius Naso |
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recommended for: Dru Parrish
read in April, 1965
Vincent said:
"Sirs and Madams,
These are really very good. Nb, V " |
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Vincent
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Metamorphoses (Penguin Classics) by Publius Ovidius Naso |
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recommended for: Aristophanes
read in April, 1953
Vincent said:
"Sirs and Madams,
There was a period of time when I was obsessed with this man. Po, V " |
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Vincent
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The Aeneid (Paperback) by Publius Vergilius Maro, Robert Fitzgerald, Michael Oakley |
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recommended for: caulfield62
read in April, 1950
Vincent said:
"Sirs and Madams,
What could be better? Ik, V " |
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Vincent
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The Tempest (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare |
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recommended for: Tropical Storms
read in April, 1946
Vincent said:
"Sirs and Madams,
Interesting. Gh, V " |
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Vincent
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Othello (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare |
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