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English grad many moons ago. Perpetual mission to kickstart my reading.
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spoinged rated The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay: 5 stars
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
The novel begins in 1939 with the arrival of 19-year-old Josef "Joe" Kavalier as a refugee in New York City, …
spoinged rated One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night: 5 stars
spoinged rated Bad City Blues: 4 stars
Bad City Blues by Tim Willocks
Willocks's first novel introduces the characters Cicero Grimes and Clarence Jefferson, who were developed in "Bloodstained Kings". Grimes is a …
spoinged rated A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away: 4 stars
spoinged rated The Yiddish Policemen's Union: 5 stars
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
For sixty years, Jews have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake …
spoinged rated Drama city: 4 stars
Drama city by George P. Pelecanos
Lorenzo Brown loves his work. In his job as an officer for the Humane Society, he cruises the city streets, …
spoinged rated Gentlemen of the road: 4 stars
Gentlemen of the road by Michael Chabon
In the Kingdom of Aran, in the Caucasus Mountains in 950 A.D., two adventurers wander the region, plying their trade …
spoinged rated All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye: 5 stars
All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye by Christopher Brookmyre
Ross Bell is forced to disappear before he is 'persuaded' to part with the secrets of his research. His firm …
spoinged rated The Bridge: 5 stars
The Bridge by Iain M. Banks
Orr, the otherwise unnamed protagonist of this Pynchonesque novel, is a successful Scottish engineer who's a bit fed up with …
spoinged rated The Wasp Factory: 5 stars
The Wasp Factory by Iain M. Banks
The Wasp Factory is the first novel by Scottish writer Iain Banks, published in 1984. Before the publication of The …
spoinged rated The Janissary Tree: 5 stars
Lanark by Alasdair Gray
Lanark, a modern vision of hell set in the disintegrating cities of Unthank and Glasgow, tells the interwoven stories of …
spoinged rated The Passage: 5 stars
The Passage by Justin Cronin (The Passage, #1)
IT HAPPENED FAST. THIRTY-TWO MINUTES FOR ONE WORLD TO DIE, ANOTHER TO BE BORN.
First, the unthinkable: a security …