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July 14, 2010

The Invisible Wall by Harry Bernstein

The author, now in his 90s, recalls his impoverished boyhood in a British mill town, on a street where Jews lived on one side and...

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July 14, 2010

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

Recommended by Junot Diaz, author of Oscar Wao.

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July 14, 2010

Gettysburg by Stephen W. Sears

According to the Times, Jay Winik, “Sears’s reconstruction is “The Civil War equivalent of a modern spy satellite photograph. He hovers above the action, giving...

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July 14, 2010

Diary of a Bad Year by J.M. Coetzee

Made someone’s Must-Read list. Newsweek, I think.

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July 14, 2010

Desirable Daughters by Bharati Mukherjee

About Brahmin Indian women recommended by LEP.

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July 14, 2010

The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon **** (of 4)

Hard to say if this book plays in Peoria, but Chabon prepares a perfect rendition of two genres: 1940s noir detective novels and Yiddish culture....

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July 14, 2010

Skeleton Man by Tony Hillerman *** (of 4)

What’s not to like about Hillerman. The man can wrte, he can educate, describe southwestern landscape and indian personalities, and he can write suspense without...

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July 14, 2010