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Newsletter #54

August 24, 2015

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3 books featured in this issue

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The Complete Stories

by Clarice Lispector

MADE-UP

For as long as I've known of Lispector, the legendary Brazilian writer, I've been drawn to her but always intimidated by her "greatness," her glamour, and her difficulty, and so I had read plenty abou... (Tom)

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The Damned Utd

by David Peace

MADE-UP

To call this the greatest soccer novel ever written would imply that I've read any others, but people say it, and I can't believe it's not true. Peace, otherwise a crime novelist, took a bizarre episo... (Tom)

Cover of Who Needs Donuts?

Who Needs Donuts?

by Mark Alan Stamaty

MADE-UP

How on earth could I have resisted choosing this as a Book of the Week until now? It's one of the greats. First published in 1973 and brought back into print 30 years later, Stamaty's first book (befo... (Tom)

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