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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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Life Among Giants
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Bill Roorbach
Gdub
, January 02, 2013
Great book! Worth every cent. Not many lived up to that this year, not for me anyway. Colorful, yet believable characters, great tension and fun, irony, hi-jinks, experiences. The restaurateur ex-Dolphins QB protagonist was highly likeable and interesting, bipolar sister, con-man dad, tennis playing haughty mom, on and on--no dull moments in this one. Food folks will love the food prep side trips, and mystery lovers will dig the ongoing mystery--though this was not a thriller or mystery, it certainly danced, sidestepped, in and out of those genres quite nicely. It was also a very enticing love story. And the writing! agile, humorous, ironic, poetic, intelligent and funny as hell. What a book. My compliments to chef Roorbach!
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Istanbul Passage
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Joseph Kanon
Gdub
, August 04, 2012
A touch of Graham Greene, a touch of JP Marquand, Passage is a book I recommend. Kanon does atmospherics well, characters breathe, the plot is twisty enough to satisfy spy folks. When his books arrive, I read them. All of them, so far, have been summer reads, vacation material, and I heartily recommend them for that. I like how he evokes the era of WWII, pre and post, especially in his Los Alamos book. I like that his protagonists are a bit flawed, not supermen.
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