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Notes of a Desolate Man
by T'ien-wen, Chu
Aimless, Maudlin, Pretentious, and Homophobic.
A short but seemingly endless book to avoid! |
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The Complete Works of Tacitus
by Tacitus, Cornelius
Excellent Source, Bad Introduction
Excellent reference material, but novices or those with only casual interest will find it annoying at best. |
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The Bonesetter's Daughter
by Tan, Amy
Mothers, Daughters, Ghosts
Better than an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet, Amy Tan's novel will fill you up, but won't leave you feeling logy from all that MSG. |
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The Mistress
by Tapon, Philippe
Second Novel Blues
Classic second-novel letdown makes The Mistress less than A Parisian from Kansas—and less than it could have been. |
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A Woman of Substance
by Taylor Bradford, Barbara
Emma Harte Always Wins
Emma Harte is no ordinary Edwardian lady. |
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Safety of Unknown Cities, The
by Taylor, Lucy
Lucy Taylor's The Safety of Unknown Cities
If you like sex and depravity, this is the book for you. |
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Behind the Mask: The IRA and Sinn Fein
by Taylor, Peter
How One-Sided Can It Get...
Saints preserve us! It's lucky Michael Collins, Rody McCorley, and Eamon de Valera are already dead; this shit would break their hearts. |
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In the Year of the Bull: Zen, Air, and the Pursuit of Sacred and Profane Hoops
by Telander, Rick
Don't Wanna Be Like Mike!
The attempt to retain journalistic integrity is only slightly successful, but give Telander credit for trying when no one else did.
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God is a Bullet
by Teran, Boston
Poetically Ferocious: Boston Teran's God is a Bullet
An amazing debut novel. |
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Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
Thackeray's Famous Puppet Show
Becky Sharp is Ambition Incarnate in Thackeray's panorama of England in the Nineteenth Century |
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