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The Forgiven

September 24, 2012

forgiven

The suburbs of Tangiers were ruined, but the gardens were still there. And so were the crippled lemon trees and olives, the dogged disillusion and empty factories, the smell of seething young men. A ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Africa, book clubs, cultural, Hogarth, literary

The Headmaster’s Wager

September 21, 2012

headmaster's wager

  In 1930 Percival Chen’s father left him and his mother in mainland China to go to Vietnam and seek his fortune. He never returned and so, after his mother’s death, Percival left their province to ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, China, Doubleday, historical fiction, Vietnam, Vietnam War

Sometimes a Great Notion

September 17, 2012

sometimes

When I learned that Ken Kesey grew up in Oregon I thought I was long overdue to read one of his books. I had seen One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and didn’t think I needed to revisit that subject so I ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, classics, family saga, literary, Pacific Northwest, Penguin

In Between Days

September 5, 2012

in between days

He looks out the window to his left and notices a small row of brown stucco houses, all old and somewhat disheveled, and realizes then, with something like panic, with something like fear, that he ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, family, Knopf

Yes, Chef: A Memoir

September 1, 2012

yes chef

The odds that Marcus Samuelsson would survive infancy were slim. That he would not only survive but would go on to become a world famous chef is almost beyond reckoning. And yet, he did. In his memoir ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: book clubs, chefs, food, memoir, Random House

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