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Month: October 2013
One Shot: Lee Child
Review by Kamakshi BalasubramanianPublished by Bantam Press, 2005, 368 pages. Does it matter what the title of a Lee Child’s novel happens to be? One Shot is a pretty good read, even if you think you are about to get tired of Child and his brand of writing. The entire thing from start to finish …
Another duh moment…
Hi everyone, Another update from me. (I did warn you that I was new to this.) You don't need to sign your blogs. If you go to the blog instead of just reading it on the home page, the person's name shows. I'm sure a lot of you have figured this out before I did!
A Lady Cyclist’s Guide to Kashgar: Suzanne Joinson
Review by Joannah CabornPublished by Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012, 384 pages. I wrote this review for a distance course in journalism that I'm taking, so just sit back and enjoy the style! There is a fine history of novels that start with a map, promising travel to distant places following outlandish characters and exotic plotlines. But …
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The Fall of Giants: Ken Follet
Review by Kamakshi BalasubramanianPublished by Viking, 2010, 985 pages. Didn't know about the Taxi Armada until I read Ken Follet's integration of that episode in his novel The Fall of Giants. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Gallieni.) If you enjoy fat novels, really fat novels, then this one is for you. It's got love, war, sex, infidelity, unrequited love, …
Arrowsmith: Sinclair Lewis
Review by Kamakshi BalasubramanianPublished by Signet, 1925, 272 pages. Sinclair Lewis’s Arrowsmith (1924) depicts the prevalence of corruption and unethical practices in the pharmaceutical industry. Lewis’s protagonist, Martin Arrowsmith, doctor and researcher, armed with idealism and intelligence, fights the often hopeless but necessary good fight, guided by science, his extraordinary mentor, and the love of his …
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