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Zanesville
by Saknussemm, Kris
The Wildest Ride in America is...America Itself In this nightmarish vision, any distinctions between government and corporate America have vanished, and the whole country is basically run by one monolithic entity known as Vitessa. |
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The Catcher in the Rye
by Salinger, J.D.
Holden Caulfield Turns 50. That kills me. If you want to know the truth, it's goddam good. |
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Chester Himes: A Life
by Sallis, James
A derivative but lively biography "In contemporary American culture where the writer becomes ever more marginal, it's important to recall just how marginal a writer like Himes—a black ex-convict writing novels on themes and in manners no one seemed prepared to confront—was. Himes stood apart from America's bounty long before he departed from America itself." |
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Cassada
by Salter, James
Chilling Tale of Male Competition Americans can tolerate unhappy endings, but are averse to the view that disaster is inevitable for “marked” men. |
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Burning the Days
by Salter, James
Beautifully Written but Unintrospective Memoir Often fascinating and always well-written vignettes do not add up to an autobiography. |
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Lying Awake
by Salzman, Mark
A novel about nuns didn't sound promising, but I was wrong "Life without seizures may seem a bit dull at first, but that's a normal adjustment." |
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True Notebooks
by Salzman, Mark
Among the gangbangers Having been taken places I didn't think that I wanted to go by earlier Mark Salzman books, I should trust that he's going to make interesting wherever his writing goes and just get on board without checking for announced destinations. |
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Honey Don't
by Sandlin, Tim
How to Blow the Presidency For a wacked-out, joy-buzzer, cocaine-addled literary thrill ride, read Tim Sandlin's cockeyed satire of Presidential sex Save Hillary's memoirs for the sober moments. |
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Phantom Limbs of the Rollow Sisters, The
by Schaffert, Timothy
The Phantom Pain of Dead Parents If I told you this was a charming little book about suicide and abandonment, you'd probably think I was crazy. |
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Virtual Tibet: Searching for Shangri-La from the Himalayas to Hollywood
by Schell, Orville
Outstanding film book about Tibet and Tibetophiles Schell writes with a mixture of compassion and irony, and what seems to me the right amount of subjectivity. |
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