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Neverhome: A Novel

May 18, 2015

neverhome

There comes a point in a reading life where, short of science fiction, it gets harder to be surprised by a novel’s premise but I have never before read a Civil War novel where the protagonist is a ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Back Bay Books, book clubs, historical fiction, literary, Southern life, war

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

April 6, 2015

goldfinch

The Goldfinch won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It will be out in paperback this week so I'm reprising my original review. If you have not read the book yet it is well worth it. If you have, ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: art, Back Bay Books, book clubs, contemporary fiction, literary, Manhattan

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