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Young Khristo Stoianov's innocent life in the small town of Vidin, Bulgaria is quickly changed when his 15 year old brother is beaten to death by the town's fascist militia group. In his grief and confusion, he is quickly taken in by a communist and ...
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Just arrived from USA trough BM.
Even if I haven't read the first book of this series, The Alienist, it didn't compromise this reading. The plot starts with the kidnapping of a Spanish diplomat's baby but then the main story switched to the suspect...more |
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In WW1 over 300 British soldiers were executed by firing squad, some for desertion and cowardice. Many were traumatised by shell-shock. Some 90 years later they received posthumous pardons from the British Government, after a ...more |
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― Amitav Ghosh, The Glass Palace
― Amitav Ghosh, The Glass Palace
“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
― Ernest Hemingway
― Ernest Hemingway
“Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.”
― Albert Camus
― Albert Camus
“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa
― Frank Zappa
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
― Groucho Marx
― Groucho Marx
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