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Final review to come, but a few thoughts at about the 2/3 mark:(1)- I never listen to audiobooks but in this case it would have been a good idea, simply to hear the correct pronunciation of some unusual names. "Macaire Ebezner" - no, that's not "Eben ...more "
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I'm not done with this collection of short stories yet - I'm one of those oddballs who likes to pop in and out of these, rather than reading the collection in one uninterrupted siege. I find that often, after I finish a particularly good (or bad) nov
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