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Original Essays | December 12, 2009

Alexander McCall Smith: IMG The Courage of Others



I have recently written a novel about life in England during the Second World War. I felt some concern before I tackled this theme — the War... Continue »
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    La's Orchestra Saves the World

    Alexander McCall Smith

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Atonement by Ian McEwan
Atonement

Nick, October 22, 2006

Returning to Ian McEwan's beautiful prose provided me a reason to wake up every morning for my early morning ferry commute. Kudos to a literary genius for interesting this reader in WW II-era British emotion and character development. To quote the author himself, "The cost of oblivious daydreaming [is] always the moment of return . . ." All in all an excellent book that I would recommend to anyone.
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