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Well this book quite derailed all my reading plans over the past couple of months. Thank god it's over! I'm glad to have read it, but I did not enjoy the journey!
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For years I have been hearing how wonderful this book is. I read an article in which Rufus Wainwright said this was a favorite of his, I have listened to more than one lit podcaster sing it's praises, it is said that this was one of Gabriel Garcia Marquez favorite books. I have really been wanting to get to this book eventually, and finally the time came.
A friend and I decided to choose 10 "classics", more specifically; 10 big, massive, tomes of books type classics and read one each summer. We l ...more
A friend and I decided to choose 10 "classics", more specifically; 10 big, massive, tomes of books type classics and read one each summer. We l ...more
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