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Invisible Cities 08/06 Tony is currently reading:
Invisible Cities (Paperback)
by Italo Calvino
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Wizard of the Crow: ... 07/02 Tony is currently reading:
Wizard of the Crow: A novel (Hardcover)
by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
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Nothing So Strange 06/20 Tony is currently reading:
Nothing So Strange
by James Hilton
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July 10
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618746 Tony wrote: "it actually got the 'booker of bookers' in 93 as the best book awarded a booker in the previous 25 y...more "

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July 08
Whores for Gloria: A... Tony gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Whores for Gloria: A Novel (Contemporary American Fiction)
by William T. Vollmann
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read in July, 2008

Tony Tony said: "Another book whose ending has permanently barred it from my pantheon of five-star classics, but one which was nonetheless too good not to recommend. A simple story about a wino searching for a hooker, kind of... (to be finished) "
The Pigeon Tony gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
The Pigeon (Hardcover)
by Patrick Süskind
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read in July, 2008

Tony Tony said: "A fairly straightforward depiction of an obsessive social non-participant, traumatized by repeated abandonment throughout his early life which leads to his semi-reclusion and the outright austerity of his ambitions.

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The Keep Tony gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
The Keep (Adversary Cycle)
by F. Paul Wilson
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read in January, 1996

Tony Tony said: "This is a genuinely scary novel - dark, atmospheric, claustrophobic, and deeply indebted to Lovecraftian anthropology. The latter could be seen as an unfortunate indulgence on the part of the author, but it elevates the novel beyond the usual treatme...more "
Ghost Story Tony marked as to-read:
Ghost Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by Peter Straub
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Song of Kali Tony marked as to-read:
Song of Kali (Fantasy Masterworks)
by Dan Simmons
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A Winter Haunting Tony marked as to-read:
A Winter Haunting (Mass Market Paperback)
by Dan Simmons
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The Famished Road Tony marked as to-read:
The Famished Road (Paperback)
by Ben Okri
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Midnight's Children Tony marked as to-read:
Midnight's Children (Paperback)
by Salman Rushdie
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The Gift Tony marked as to-read:
The Gift (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Vladimir Nabokov
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"If there's one thing I've learned, it's that life is one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
— Homer Simpson

"Peter: I'll handle it, Lois. I read a book about this sort of thing once.
Brian: Are you sure it was a book? Are you sure it wasn't nothing?
Peter: Oh yeah."
— Family Guy




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