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- City of Thieves (121)
- A Novel
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By David Benioff -
Finished on Jun 21, 2009 
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- The New York Trilogy (929)
- City of Glass', 'Ghosts' and 'Locked Room
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By Paul Auster -
Finished on Jun 6, 2009
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I absolutely loved this book. It contains three strange, dark detective stories that seem connected in some indeterminable way. Identities get mixed up in vague ways that seem only possible in books (with the characters at times seeming aware of their own fictitious nature). There is a constant sens ... (
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Jun 6, 2009 |
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- Invisible Cities (258)
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By Italo Calvino -
Finished on Apr 28, 2009
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A collection of beautiful, poetic descriptions of impossible cities. Sometimes humorous, sometimes saddening, always inventive.
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Jun 6, 2009 |
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- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (320)
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By Dave Eggers -
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- On the Road (1948)
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- The Trial (332)
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By Franz Kafka -
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- Brave New World (1773)
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By Aldous Huxley -
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- A Farewell to Arms (653)
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By Ernest Hemingway -
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- If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (292)
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By Italo Calvino -
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- Secret Rendezvous (12)
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By Kobo Abe -
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- Black Dogs (161)
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By Ian McEwan -
Finished on Apr 15, 2009
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2 people find this helpful
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A menacing atmosphere permeates this book. I was pleasantly surprised by the descriptions of several historical events in Europe of the last century, as well as the author's musings on the continent's ultimate fate. The finale, however, let me down a bit. It wasn't as shocking as I had expected it t ... (
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Apr 17, 2009 |
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City of Thieves
Benioff alternates wry humour with gruesome descriptions of wartime atrocities. Once the book gets going it is hard to put down. Has some likeable characters with proper depth to them.