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No Country for Old Men (Vintage International)
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As a regional writer("Esther's Race", Cloquet River Press, 2007;ISBN 97809792175001), I am always willing to learn from a master. So when all the accolades came down from on high about Mr. McCarthy's brilliant prose, I had to pick up something he'd written and give it a go. So I trundled off to my local indie bookstore and bought a copy of "No Country"... »
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)
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Best known for his Border Trilogy, hailed in the San Francisco Chronicle as "an American classic to stand with the finest literary achievements of the century," Cormac McCarthy has written ten rich and often brutal novels, including the bestselling No Country for Old Men, and The Road. Profoundly dark, told in spare, searing prose, The... »
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Atonement
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Ian McEwan's Booker Prize-nominated Atonement is his first novel since Amsterdam took home the prize in 1998. But while Amsterdam was a slim, sleek piece, Atonement is a more sturdy, more ambitious work, allowing McEwan more room to play, think, and experiment. We meet 13-year-old Briony Tallis in the summer of 1935, as ... »
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On Chesil Beach: A Novel
Such is Ian McEwan's genius that, despite rambling nature walks and the naming of birds, his subject matter remains hermetically sealed in the hearts of t... »
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All the Pretty Horses
Part bildungsroman, part horse opera, part meditation on courage and loyalty, this beautifully crafted novel won the National Book Award in 1992. The plot... »
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I Am Legend
One of the most influential vampire novels of the 20th century, I Am Legend regularly appears on the "10 Best" lists of numerous critical studies o... »
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Saturday
Dr, Henry Perowne is a type A personality who is a busy neurosurgeon in one of London's hospitals. Perowne has all the toys which can be provided by his... »
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A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club)
I thought the writing nice at times, the characters sympathetic, but I just found the plot a little too overdone lately and a little too predictable. I fo... »
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Beloved
This novel was rated by the New York Times as the best American novel of the last 25 years and has been accorded the status of a classic great American no... »
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