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Best-sellers I’m Not Sold on

Best-sellers I’m Not Sold on

I’ve almost forgotten to mention that I recently read Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Luis Zafon after reading several enthusiastic references. I ordered it thinking it would be the perfect summer escape reading —…

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Bill Gaston’s The Order of Good Cheer

Bill Gaston’s The Order of Good Cheer

Okay, classes are back in, which means I’m going to be using all spare time for preparing and then for marking. There won’t be much time for writing elaborate responses to my reading, but I…

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Richard Zimler’s The Last Kabbalist in Lisbon

Richard Zimler’s The Last Kabbalist in Lisbon

This past spring, in preparation for our trip to Lisbon, I read two novels set in that city, Pascal Mercier’s Night Train to Lisbon and Robert Wilson’s A Small Death in Lisbon, which between them…

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