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The Mandarins
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November 1, 2017
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December 15, 2017
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What Members Thought

Rachel
Dec 06, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics, feminism
It's hard to separate what I think about this novel from how fascinating I find her as a person and a thinker.

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Lauren
Dec 28, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics
This is a book that you admire more than you love. It’s smart, very smart, and yet populated by characters who make achingly dumb decisions at critical moments. The plot line about the difficulty of remaining an independent thinker in a party politics world is very relevant today.
Gerard
Dec 22, 2014 marked it as to-read
Liz M
Feb 14, 2016 marked it as do-not-own
Shelves: __to-read, 1001
Dianne
Oct 21, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Karen Michele Burns
Oct 24, 2017 marked it as to-read
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Genia Lukin
Sep 14, 2019 rated it it was ok
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