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Michael Glover Smith

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Average rating: 4.1 · 39 ratings · 10 reviews · 2 distinct works
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After the Flood by Robert Polito
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This is the best book on Bob Dylan written by anyone in the 21st century. The concept is novel: It focuses entirely on his output since he won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement award in 1991 (i.e., the point where most other Dylan books are beginning t ...more
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This is the greatest western novel I've ever read - better than Blood Meridian or Lonesome Dove. It has a simple plot but complex characters. In the end, it's the unique chemistry and grudging respect between the protagonists (a headstrong 14-year-ol ...more
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
"I went into this book with a bit of an attitude. Roger Ackroyd is the only Agatha Christie book featured on the list of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, and I was skeptical about the List's claim that this was the only Christie book worth rea" Read more of this review »
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The Mayor of MacDougal Street by Dave Van Ronk
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In addition to being a great guitarist, singer and interpreter of blues/jazz/folk songs, this memoir shows that Dave was also a great raconteur. If I had a time machine and could visit any time and place in the past, it would probably be Greenwich Vi ...more
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Escaping the Delta by Elijah Wald
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The thing is: Elijah Wald simply knows more about blues music than any other non-fiction author. Essential reading if you care at all about the genre.
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Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
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Second only to Moby Dick, this is the greatest American novel I've ever read. ...more
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The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
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A justly famous mystery novel that's also one of the cleverest books I've ever read. While a lot of novelists have taken writers and writing as their subjects, Tey's is the only novel I know of that's about the act of _reading_: The ingenious premise ...more
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