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Newsletter #205

October 15, 2018

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3 books featured in this issue

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Crudo

by Olivia Laing

MADE-UP

The reputation that Olivia Laing gathered from her books on writers and nature (To the River), writers and drinking (The Trip to Echo Spring), and writers and loneliness (The Lonely City) caused quite... (Tom)

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Man with a Seagull on His Head

by Harriet Paige

MADE-UP

Ray Eccles is leading a modest, unassuming existence when he's abruptly struck on the head by a falling bird and finds his whole life changing course. Read Harriet Paige's new novel and you may find y... (James)

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The Lost Words: A Spell Book

by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris

TRUE

We had heard about this book for a while—it was wildly popular and a "book of the year" in the UK, and Macfarlane, Britain's leading nature writer, is becoming beloved in the States too. But seeing it... (Tom)

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