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Powell's Staff: Five Book Friday: In Memoriam (0 comment)

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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You & Me by Padgett Powell
	Charles Faulkner, October 17, 2014 Perhaps his best and the funniest book I've read since Vernon God Little. Like listening in on the conversations of your favorite great uncles, you know, the two literary hillbillies. Very quick, very funny. Then there's that name. Powell. That's meaningful.
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Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
	Charles Faulkner, January 01, 2013 This book is the ultimate document of a mysterious and almost lost generation. What happened when this young group of poets and revolutionaries were dispersed to four continents? A great, rambling and tragic comedy of earnestness and youthful brilliance. Read it and learn what can happen to one's origins when they are finally discovered.
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Vernon God Little by Dbc Pierre
	Charles Faulkner, August 04, 2012 One of the funniest books I've ever read. Pierre bravely takes on the aftermath of a terrible tragedy to address issues of race, class, justice, love, sex, media manipulation, opportunism, competence, etc. Often compared to Catcher in the Rye and A Confederacy of Dunces, Vernon God Little is worthy of its place among them.
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