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The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman

Louis De Bernieres

(24 reviews )

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With the same ebullient storytelling, luxuriant prose, and irrepressible eroticism he brought to The War of Don Emmanuel s Nether Parts and Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord, Louis de Bernières continues his chronicle of Cochadebajo, the Andean village where macho philosophers, defrocked priests, and reformed (though hardly inactive) prostitutes cohab...more

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All Editions	Manana En LA Batalla Piensa En Mi Javier Marias (1 review )
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All Editions	Barney's Version Mordecai Richler Write the first review.(See your review)
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Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers

Tom Wolfe

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"Radical Chic" is Tom Wolfe's hilarious dissection of the need among wealthy liberals in late '60s America to be seen to support the correct political causes - even if that meant giving champagne receptions for the feared Black Panther Party. "Mau-Mauing The Flak Catchers" takes a satirical look at how, during that period of cultural upheaval, mino...more

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Preview All Editions	Everything Is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer (701 reviews )
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A Farewell to Arms

Ernest Hemingway

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By turns romantic and harshly realistic, Hemingway's story of a tragic romance set against the brutality and confusion of World War I cemented his fame as a stylist and as a writer of extraordinary literary power. A volunteer ambulance driver and a beautiful English nurse fall in love when he is wounded on the Italian front.

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All Editions	Branchie! (Degenerazione novanta) (Italian Edition) Niccolo´Ammaniti (9 reviews )
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White Teeth A Novel

Zadie Smith

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Set in post-war London, this novel of the racial, political, and social upheaval of the last half-century follows two families--the Joneses and the Iqbals, both outsiders from within the former British empire--as they make their way in modern England. A first novel.

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All Editions	La peste Albert Camus (381 reviews ) Popular Tags: french, modern french lit, read in 1996 french , modern french lit , read in 1996
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Journey to the End of the Night: (NEW DIRECTIONS PAPERBOOK)

Louis-Ferdinand Céline

(144 reviews )

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The dark side of On the Road: instead of seeking kicks, the French narrator travels the globe to find an ever deeper disgust for life. Louis-Ferdinand Celine's revulsion and anger at what he considered the idiocy and hypocrisy of society explodes from nearly every page of this novel. Filled with slang and...more