Lumpenoid
My reading, my books, and miscellania
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene
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I have to admit to a particular weakness when it comes to Graham Greene's work - even when the work might be considered one of his lesse...
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
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This is an account of a man who, despite good intentions, can never master his emotions sufficiently to recompense his wife and daughter for...
Sunday, March 09, 2008
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water: A Novel by Michael Dorris
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This novel covers the lives of three Native American women from one family. Each of the three sections of the book are narrated by one of th...
Sunday, February 17, 2008
The Lonely Silver Rain by John D. MacDonald
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This was John D. MacDonald's last Travis McGee novel (last novel of any kind, I believe). There is a wistful quality to it as Travis com...
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Sade : a Biography by Maurice Lever
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I've not read any of de Sade's own writing, so this biography serves as my only introduction to his life and work. The Marquis de Sa...
Monday, February 04, 2008
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
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This is a good example of early detective writing. Interest and suspense are sustained across several narrators who relate their direct expe...
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