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Beautiful Animals: A Novel

July 19, 2017

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  But things settled down and flowed on, because it was the law of summers among the rich that the season of leisure should flow like a large and charming river. The imperative was to have a ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: contemporary life, Greece, Hogarth, literary, suspense

Running: A Novel by Cara Hoffman

March 17, 2017

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  It’s 1988 when Bridey first meets Jasper but when Running begins it’s with the news of his death. She is back in Athens, the place where she, Jasper and Jasper’s boyfriend Milo worked as ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: coming-of-age, friendship, Greece, literary, Simon & Schuster

The Song of Achilles

August 28, 2012

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While it’s tempting to adopt an intellectual attitude, in this case I’m going to go with honesty and risk losing everyone’s respect: to date, my greatest interest in the Battle of Troy came when ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, debut, ecco, Greece, mythology

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