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Homer & Langley by E.L. Doctorow
December 25, 2023Sing in me, Muse quotes Homer (the original one). "Jacqueline, my muse, I speak to you...
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The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan
December 25, 2023She sees faces in the flaking walls of the kitchen, fears for the soul of a...
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The Language of Bees by Laurie R. King
December 24, 2023Most of the narratives are first-person accounts by Mary, so readers get to know her very...
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In the Kitchen by Monica Ali
December 24, 2023Yuri is a porter, one of Britain’s penniless immigrants that Ali would like us (and Gabe)...
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Knife Song Korea by Richard Selzer
December 24, 2023On arriving at his small and isolated army base in Korea, Sloane is met by Larry...
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Rain Gods By James Lee Burke
December 22, 2023Burke’s life has provided ample experience to draw from for his mysteries that feature world-wise and...
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The Stranger by Max Frei
December 21, 2023The Stranger is a translation of the first of a wildly popular series of novels from...
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Valeria’s Last Stand by Marc Fitten
December 20, 2023In the end, the story of Valeria and her Hungarian town is about the sheer difficulty...
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Sunnyside by Glen David Gold
December 20, 2023For Gold, like Koontz and Høeg, has a way of combining farce and futility that says...
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The Wish Maker by Ali Sethi
December 20, 2023The personal suffering always hinges on the political. When Daadi was a little girl, her best...