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A Bar in Brooklyn: Novellas & Stories, 1970-1978 by Andrei Codrescu

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A Tranquil Star: Unpublished Stories by Primo Levi

Dreamland by Kevin Baker

The Fever by Wallace Shawn

In a German Pension by Katherine Mansfield

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GroupsChicagoans, Happy Heathens, Made into a Movie, NPR Listeners, Reading Globally, Short Stories, The Prizes, What Are You Reading Now?

Favorite bookstores57th Street Books, Booklegger's Used Books, Bookworks, Borders - Chicago - Lincoln Park, Borders - Chicago - Lincoln Village, Borders - Chicago - Uptown, Kate the Great's Book Emporium, Museum Shop of the Art Institute of Chicago, Myopic Books, Powell's - Burnham Park, Quimby's Bookstore, Ravenswood Used Books, Seminary Co-op Bookstore, The Armadillo's Pillow, The Book Cellar, Unabridged Bookstore

Favorite librariesChicago Public Library - Harold Washington Library Center, Newberry Library

Other favoritesChicago Cultural Center, Printers Row Book Fair, Art Institute of Chicago, Instituto Cervantes of Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center, River East Art Center, Smart Museum of Art, Oriental Institute / Oriental Institute Museum

About me CURRENTLY READING:

The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie



RECENTLY READ:

A Fifth of Bruen: Early Fiction of Ken Bruen by Ken Bruen

Amulet by Roberto Bolaño

My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead: Great Love Stories, from Chekhov to Munro edited by Jeffrey Eugenides

God Save the Queen by Mike Carey

The Goshawk by T. H. White



READ IN 2008:

Sundays with Vlad: From Pennsylvania to Transylvania, One Man's Quest to Live in the World of the Undead by Paul Bibeau

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

War With No End edited by Phyllis Bennis

Things I've Learned From Women Who've Dumped Me edited by Ben Karlin

The Rebels by Sándor Márai

Options: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs, a Parody by Daniel Lyons

The Soul Thief by Charles Baxter

A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia and Other Stories by Victor Pelevin

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig

R. Crumb's Kafka by Robert Crumb

How to Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion
by Daniel H. Wilson

How to Build a Robot Army: Tips on Defending Planet Earth Against Alien Invaders, Ninjas, and Zombies by Daniel H. Wilson

Angels on Toast by Dawn Powell

The Goshawk by T. H. White

God Save the Queen by Mike Carey

My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead: Great Love Stories, from Chekhov to Munro edited by Jeffrey Eugenides

Amulet by Roberto Bolaño

A Fifth of Bruen: Early Fiction of Ken Bruen by Ken Bruen

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Now that you finished the Baxter, I am curious - what did you think of the ending?

We had quite the conversations around the office among those of us who read it early. (It was holiday time in retail, however, so I don't exactly recall the comments.)

I think most of us thought it was incredibly well written - every word had a purpose. We did have some different ideas, however, about exactly what happened.

I would definitely go pick up more of his work if I were you.
I saw you just added the Charles Baxter. I would love to know what you think of it when you are done. I have read it and there is lots of discussion around our bookshop office...

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I saw you just added the Charles Baxter. I would love to know what you think of it when you are done. I have read it and there is lots of discussion around our bookshop office...

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thanks for the tip! I will definitely check it out.
Bookjones: This is a reply to your message about "Grotesque". ("Just curious, but were you ever able to determine whether your UK version of Grotesque published by Harvill Secker that you mentioned in the "Where are you now?" thread was uncensored?"). No. I had an idea in my mind that the main character met a young relative that I thought was possibly a homosexual prostitute but I couldn't find him in a cursory relook through the text (I was very busy workwise at the time). But without knowing what was said in the original it's hard to know whether this edition was censored. From what I've seen with other books US versions can be censored when UK versions are not even when based on the same translation.
Bookjones, anyone that reads D.H. Lawrence is person of taste and high stranders! I like your picture and your library. Oh yes I am a Cub fan. A romantic
Michael
Damn - I didn't win it, yet again! In Dublin right now

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