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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Diary of a Bad Year by J.M. Coetzee
Made someone’s Must-Read list. Newsweek, I think.
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Desirable Daughters by Bharati Mukherjee
About Brahmin Indian women recommended by LEP.
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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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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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Sinister Pig by Tony Hillerman **** (of 4)
One of Hillerman’s better stories. I feel like he is wrapping up his characters as he wraps up his writing career so this book has...
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Pompeii by Robert Harris ** (of 4)
About the three days before Mount Vesuvius blew its top and decimated the city of Pompeii as seen through the eyes of a conscientious aquarius...
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The Number One Lady’s Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith **** (of 4)
A very sweet, fun read about the Miss Marple of Botswana.
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The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith ** (of 4)
Not as good as the first in the series, The Number One Lady’s Detective Agency. It’s a sweet book, but the slow pace of the...
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