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You know the publisher cares a lot when the blurb has the main character's name wrong... this was a typically fun Terry Bisson story, stretched out a bit too long. Should have been a novella.
"Book Fourteen in the best-selling Vorkosigan series. Captain Ivan Vorpatril is happy with his relatively uneventful bachelor's life of a …
Tom Vanderbilt: Traffic (Paperback, 2009, Penguin Books)
A New York Times Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the YearThe Washington Post - The Cleveland Plain-Dealer - …
PerfectBound e-book exclusive: "Friendship and Love," an interview with Ann Patchett.A prolonged hostage crisis in the lavish home of a …
Carson McCullers: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (2000)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940) is the debut novel by the American author Carson McCullers; she was 23 …
A deliberately set fire in the Wines Central warehouse destroyed 4.5 million bottles and some of the world's most sought-after …
I gave up halfway through. The writing is decent, and the world seemed interesting, but my suspension of disbelief was broken repeatedly. By halfway in, I just didn't care any more.
In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take …
For just a moment, things seem to be under control for the soldier known as Breq.
Then a search of …
