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Jun 4, 2006
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#1 posted by Eroom Nala
Jun 7th, 2006
Strangely enough this doesn’t make it into 1001 Books you must read before you Die
but it is in The Modern Library: the 200 Best novels in English since 1950 by Carmen Callil and colm Toibin
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0330376578/202-4354363-8687857
His version of the American past as a sort of hell has almost no precedent in American narrative; his refusal to offer meaning and moral shape to his story make this novel, and his other work, original and disturbing
Another title to add to my To Read list.
#2 posted by John
Jun 7th, 2006
Read it now! Heh. I was wondering if it made that 1001 Books list. The fact that it doesn’t is scandalous; I wonder why? Easily one of the best books I’ve ever read. I’m starting on his Border Trilogy next.
#3 posted by Eroom Nala
Jun 7th, 2006
As soon as I finish City of Saints and Madmen (I’m just starting on the Amergris Glossary now) I’ll start on this one.
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