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Book Review: "Wasteland Blues" by Scott Christian Carr and Andrew Conry-Murray

(CCLaP is dedicated to reviewing as many contemporary books as possible, including self-published volumes; click here to learn how to submit your own book for possible review, although be warned that it needs to have been published within the last 12 months to be considered. For the complete list of all books reviewed here, as well as the next books scheduled to be read, click here.)



Wasteland Blues
By Scott Christian Carr and Andrew Conry-Murray
Dog Star Books/Raw Dog Screaming Press
Reviewed by...

Rare Book Roundup: 22 April 2014

In an effort to get more titles from our rare book collection listed and for sale online this year, CCLaP is now doing smaller descriptions and posting auctions more often. Here below is a round-up of the latest. Remember, if you're coming across this in the future and the eBay auction has ended, you can always contact us directly at cclapcenter [at] gmail.com for more on the book's current sale status, and to place an order.















Fear of Flying (1973)
By Erica Jong
First Edition, First Printing

DESCR...

Rare Book Roundup: 21 April 2014

In an effort to get more titles from our rare book collection listed and for sale online this year, CCLaP is now doing smaller descriptions and posting auctions more often. Here below is a round-up of the latest. Remember, if you're coming across this in the future and the eBay auction has ended, you can always contact us directly at cclapcenter [at] gmail.com for more on the book's current sale status, and to place an order.















Couples (1968)
By John Updike
First Edition, First Printing

DESCRIPTION...

Book Review: "Singapore Noir," edited by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan

(CCLaP is dedicated to reviewing as many contemporary books as possible, including self-published volumes; click here to learn how to submit your own book for possible review, although be warned that it needs to have been published within the last 18 months to be considered. For the complete list of all books reviewed here, as well as the next books scheduled to be read, click here.)



Singapore Noir
By Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
Akashic Books
Reviewed by Karl Wolff

Singapore is a small city-state and is...

CCLaP Rare: All nine 'Nathan Zuckerman' novels by Philip Roth, First Editions First Printings

(CCLaP is now selling rare and unusual books through the main website, shipped to customers through USPS Priority Mail and with full refunds always guaranteed. To see the latest full list of volumes for sale, please click here).

The Ghost Writer (1979)
Zuckerman Unbound (1981)
The Anatomy Lesson (1983)
The Prague Orgy (1985)
The Counterlife (1986)
American Pastoral (1997)
I Married a Communist (1998)
The Human Stain (2000)
Exit Ghost (2007)
By Philip Roth
First Edition, First Printing

DESCRIPTION: Few pr...

Rare Book Roundup: 16 April 2014

In an effort to get more titles from our rare book collection listed and for sale online this year, CCLaP is now doing smaller descriptions and posting auctions more often. Here below is a round-up of the latest. Remember, if you're coming across this in the future and the eBay auction has ended, you can always contact us directly at cclapcenter [at] gmail.com for more on the book's current sale status, and to place an order.













Like I Was Sayin'...
By Mike Royko (1985)
First Edition, First Printin...

CCLaP Podcast 110: Author Justin Kramon

It's Monday Tuesday, which means it's time for another episode of the CCLaP Podcast. Today, it's a one-hour talk with New England author Justin Kramon, his second time on the podcast, talking this time about his new crime thriller, The Preservationist. Also featuring the music of Moon Boots and Blondfire.

Links to the things and people mentioned in today's episode:
Justin Kramon
The Preservationist
Justin's first appearance on the podcast
Moon Boots
Blondfire

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Book Review: "Leningrad" by Igor Vishnevetsky

(CCLaP is dedicated to reviewing as many contemporary books as possible, including self-published volumes; click here to learn how to submit your own book for possible review, although be warned that it needs to have been published within the last 12 months to be considered. For the complete list of all books reviewed here, as well as the next books scheduled to be read, click here.)



Leningrad
By Igor Vishnevetsky
Dalkey Archive Press
Reviewed by Madeleine Maccar

Igor Vishnevetsky's Leningrad comb...

Announcing the release of Scott Abraham's "Turtle and Dam!"

Hooray! Time for another official release of a CCLaP book to the general public, for your downloading and ordering pleasure! This time it's the really charming and insightful comedy about contemporary China, Turtle and Dam by Washington DC analyst Scott Abrahams; a book we've been working on for about half a year now, I'm delighted that this is finally out for wide public release, and I'm convinced that you will be as won over by this as we were when it first came in. As always, the official...

Book Review: "Sutro's Glass Palace," by John A. Martini

(CCLaP is dedicated to reviewing as many contemporary books as possible, including self-published volumes; click here to learn how to submit your own book for possible review, although be warned that it needs to have been published within the last 18 months to be considered. For the complete list of all books reviewed here, as well as the next books scheduled to be read, click here.)



Sutro's Glass Palace: The Story of Sutro Baths*
By John A. Martini, Illustrated by Lawrence Ormsby
Hole in the...