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I finished Libra. Loved it, but the real genius of the novel is the portrayal of Oswald. There's an argument for paring down the novel just to that, and leaving out the conspiracy stuff with the CIA and mob. it's all enjoyable, however. By the way, American Tabloid by James Elroy is a favorite of mine and it centers on the conspiracy. These are the two great JFK assassination novels.
I read "Intimacies", a novel by Katie Kitamura. Ugh. Highbrow chick lit. Pretentious philosophical digressions against genocide, dictators and certain kinds of men. There were some promising plot turns that only teased and never went anywhere. Lots of stuff like lingering on a painting of a nineteenth century prostitute and expounding on the oppressive conditions. The writing overall is clean but not memorable. Boring. The courtroom and other legal scenes are flat. Fortunately, a short novel. Goes to show you that if your politics are right, even an unremarkable novel can get you longlisted for the National Book Award.When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
--Jonathan Swift
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Originally posted by SeattleUte View PostI finished Libra. Loved it, but the real genius of the novel is the portrayal of Oswald. There's an argument for paring down the novel just to that, and leaving out the conspiracy stuff with the CIA and mob. it's all enjoyable, however. By the way, American Tabloid by James Elroy is a favorite of mine and it centers on the conspiracy. These are the two great JFK assassination novels.
I read "Intimacies", a novel by Katie Kitamura. Ugh. Highbrow chick lit. Pretentious philosophical digressions against genocide, dictators and certain kinds of men. There were some promising plot turns that only teased and never went anywhere. Lots of stuff like lingering on a painting of a nineteenth century prostitute and expounding on the oppressive conditions. The writing overall is clean but not memorable. Boring. The courtroom and other legal scenes are flat. Fortunately, a short novel. Goes to show you that if your politics are right, even an unremarkable novel can get you longlisted for the National Book Award."I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
- Goatnapper'96
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I have too many to books to read right now. Good problem to have, but sometimes I squirrel them away on my kindle and forget about them and them and that can be disappointing. Just got Harlem Shuffle by Whitehead and Bewilderment by Powers from the library, but need to finish book 2 in the Bobiverse series first and
I just read The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. Fun british mystery. A bunch of fogies in a retirement village get together weekly to solve mysteries. Osman's first book, but he is always on british panel shows and I saw him recently on season 2 of Taskmaster. Which reminds me, if you haven't watched Taskmaster, you really should. A bunch of seasons are free on youtube and my family really enjoys them.
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Originally posted by bluegoose View Post
I did this one on audiobook last year. I really enjoyed it."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
Yeah, the narrator was great. I should have mentioned that.
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I just downloaded the audiobook based on these recs. Thanks fellas.Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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Just finished The Life We Bury based on the recommendation here. Pretty solid thriller. I liked it a lot. Doing a little research, it looks like this book is actually the first book in a series. At this point there are currently three Joe Talbot books. Look forward to listening to the next one. It's called "The Shadows We Hide"
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