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Grendel
John Gardner
Vintage, 1989
I hate those restaurants where the music is so loud you can't really have a conversation
+ A new perspective on an old monster
+ Of Monsters and Men
+ Fast delivery
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The Eighth Day: A Novel
Thornton Wilder
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2007
This is it: the Great American Novel
+ Correction to your "Editorial Review"
+ Brilliant blend of a murder mystery and an adventure
+ Monument Fiction
+ Close contender for "The Great American Novel"
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The Chill
Ross Macdonald
Vintage, 1996
More than just a detective story
+ Great Mystery
+ Archer at High Tide
The beauty and insight of MacDonald's work made me look him up. I wanted to know more about this amazing writer that I had never heard of before. Turns out that MacDonald served as a naval officer, then got a Ph.D. in Literature. He writes with the discipline of the naval officer, and with the ...
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A Death in the Family
James Agee
Vintage, 1998
Beautiful classic
+ "...and fill you with wonder."
+ A Death in the Family
+ purchase of A Death in the Family by James Agee
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Rabbit Angstrom : The Four Novels : Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Is Rich, Rabbit at Rest (Everyman's ...
John Updike
Everyman's Library, 1995
Rabbit Angstrom
+ Great Literature, Bad Format.
Book was in mint condition when I received it. I would buy from this dealer again.
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Omensetter's Luck (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)
William H. Gass
Penguin Classics, 1997
levels of perception
+ Oh what a lucky man he was...
+ Just finished it, I like it
+ Good omens
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin
Dell, 1980
go tell it on the mountain
+ "He got the steep side of the mountain to climb."
+ Why didn't I read this sooner?
+ Five-Star Book
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Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)
Frank Herbert
Ace, 1990
It's a classic for a reason ...
+ Strong, Imaginative World
+ good but not the greatest
+ A classic Sci Fi story told in its entirety without cuts
+ Great book
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Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov
Vintage, 1989
Perfect Combination of Poetry and Prose
+ A brilliant tour-de-force!
+ Into The Maze
+ Nabokov's House of Mirrors
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Gravity's Rainbow (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)
Thomas Pynchon
Penguin Classics, 1995
Great, but not for the reasons some state
This book is a series of linked vignettes, that tell more of an imagined history focused on themes than a traditional novel. It is difficult, but not beyond the comprehension of a reasonably intelligent person paying attention on their first read. No guidebook or rereads necessary for enjoyment. ...
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A Canticle for Leibowitz
Walter M. Miller Jr.
Eos, 2006
Charming, Sad, Horrifying, Funny
+ One of the All time classics
This is an examination of the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust and the struggle between religion and rational thought. Others have reviewed this in detail, so I'll just say that it's charming, sad, horrifying, and quite funny. I and most others I know who have read this consider the first part the ...
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The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
Little, Brown and Company, 1991
Wonderful in spite of the hype, and not about disaffected youth
+ Audio Book.
+ Quick shipping
Like most people, I was required to read this book in the late 60s. I don't have any recollection of being touched by it at all. I read it again in college, and either I thought it was all about disaffection and rejecting middle class values or I was told that by my teachers.
I glanced at it ...
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Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
Vintage, 1995
This book should be on Kindle
+ An Invisible Man now Seen
+ One of the most inspiring books
+ Intense picture of someone realizing they're a cog in a machine within a machine
+ Great book and value, a little slow in arriving
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Grand Central Publishing, 1988
Review of To Kill a Mockingbird
+ To Kill a Mockingbird
+ AN AMERICAN CLASSIc
+ Inspirational
+ To Kill a Mockingbird CD set
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A Fan's Notes
Frederick Exley
Vintage, 1988
God bless you, Fred Exley
+ A FAN'S NOTES ON A FAN'S NOTES
+ My Explanation of why I liked this book
+ A Brilliant, Tragic Novel Base On Life
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