Leon Kaminsky

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Leon Kaminsky is a writer and translator living in London. He was born in 1981 in Leningrad, USSR, studied applied linguistics and translation in Saarbrücken, Germany, and then buggered off to the UK because he felt like it. He has published numerous fiction and non-fiction books under different names, but decided he needed a fresh start, and this is precisely what his debut novel, "Raw Sexuality, or A Year of Indiscretion" is. ...more

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Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
" I disliked the book itself, but... Would you have had a problem with every relationship being between two straight characters? Somehow, I feel the ans ...more "
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Only one bookshop and hardly any bonedust

I've read this as part of the Safe Harbour Meetup book club. While fantasy isn't something I read habitually, I have read a few fantasy novels and rather enjoyed them. However, this book here simply doesn't ha
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Making Connections: 5420. - RAW SEXUALITY, OR A YEAR OF INDISCRETION by Leon Kaminsky 1 11 Dec 22, 2018 09:53AM  
Фридрих Горенштейн
“Знаете, однажды я вскочил внезапно среди ночи, разом проснувшись, и мне показалось, что-то происходит в мире... Мир совершенно изменился... Либо началась атомная война, либо я умираю... Оказалось, что я просто отлежал себе руку... Торопливо растёр, и всё кончилось благополучно.”
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