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A Little Lumpen Novelita – Roberto Bolaño
Then a sigh of relief would escape my throat. I would gasp and smile as if I had just risen from deep waters, out of air, oxygen tanks empty. Continue reading
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Shantaram – Gregory David Roberts
The impression was of a plodding, indefatigable, and distant past that had crashed intact, through barriers of time, into its own future. I liked it. Continue reading
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Western Lane – Chetna Maroo
Mona and Khush began watching me closely. They were aware that something was happening at Western Lane, and that they were not part of it. Continue reading
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The Looming Tower – Lawrence Wright
Al-Qaeda’s first documented terrorist strike bore the hallmark of its future actions. … If they succeeded, al-Qaeda would make an unrivaled claim on the world’s attention. Continue reading
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In Ascension – Martin MacInnes
Something had got inside us, a compulsion, a desire, a need to return. Continue reading
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Either/Or – Elif Batuman
I had a powerful sense of having escaped something: of having finally stepped outside the script. Continue reading
