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Custers Brothers Horse
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Edwin Shrake
glanca5555
, November 28, 2007
The the search for salvation, the pursuit of beauty, and revenge form the actions of the characters in this historical western. The Leatherwoods are repeatedly thwarted in their attempts to hang, shoot or otherwise destroy the scion of their arch rival, Jerod Robin. One of the most lackluster heroes I've ever encountered , I wonder how it is he manages to survive the beatings and explosions. Despite the weak hero, other the characters in the story are vivid and exciting, especially compelling is Horry Leatherwood, owner and preacher of the town of Gesthemane, Texas. Shrake is a natural storyteller, and if you can overlook certain aspects of the tale don't quite mesh, like what does Custer's Brother have to do with anything in particular, it's an enjoyable read.
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Scandal Of The Season
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Sophie Gee
glanca5555
, November 14, 2007
A very enjoyable historical fiction about the creation of Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock. The author, a professor of literature, has put her extensive research about this period of history to good use, creating a slice of London life you can smell and feel. The sex scenes are particularly fun.
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Fieldwork
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Mischa Berlinski
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, August 30, 2007
This is one of the most exciting books I've read all year. Berlinski weaves together the many life stories that lead up to and, in part, explain how it came to be that an anthropologist murdered a young missionary in the jungles of Thailand. Through insightful characterization, inspirational plotting, and just a great sense of the sublties of languages,he captures the floating life of American expatriots, the self contained lives of missionaries long in the field, and the unfortunate consequences of a young anthropologist's obsession with her subject.
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