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Brian Budzynski earned his MFA from Roosevelt University, where he received the university's thesis award. He has worked for Dalkey Archive Press, Fiction Collective 2, Other Voices, American Book Review, and Review of Contemporary Fiction. For the past 20 years, he has worked as a writer and editor in various capacities. He lives in Illinois. ...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 24 ratings · 7 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Barn and the Castle 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Brian Budzynski rated a book it was ok 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Unbelievable, but I could not finish this. I think my main problem with it is that I didn’t find any of the characters not just relatable but believable. It’s funny because King is usually very good at making his people seem very real, very lived in. ...more
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Brian Budzynski rated a book it was ok The Sportswriter (Frank Bascombe, #1) by Richard Ford	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
For the life of me, I cannot figure out why I have such a hard time with this book. I read Ford’s short stories in college and liked them. I read his memoir of his parents and even though I found it to be surprisingly redundant for less than 200 page ...more
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Brian Budzynski rated a book liked it A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book presents the best and in some ways the worst of Hemingway’s tendencies. This descriptions of the cafés and walking the streets, and the people he ran into were all wonderful. I even liked the last section where they go to Austria for skiing ...more
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Brian Budzynski rated a book liked it Double Vision by Pat Barker	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Thematically sound and very literary, in the sense it is concerned with big themes of loss, reconciliation/lack of/refusal of, and identity in the wake of tragedy. And the writing was also sound, as it always is with Barker. But I came back day by da ...more
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Brian Budzynski rated a book really liked it The Sun Also Rises: The Library of America Corrected Text [Deckle Edge Paper] by Ernest Hemingway	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
UPDATE: I tried this not long ago and it didn't connect, but I suspected, even then, that it was a case of 'it's me, not you.' And after recently enjoying 'A Farewell to Arms' more than I expected, I went back again, and found that this holds up rema ...more
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