War

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With a title implying vastness, and a subtitle specifying three subjects broad enough for each to fill its own book, readers can expect an epic novel with them all melded together.

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“quick glimpses into different lives”

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“incandescent”

The narrator of Yiyun Li’s newest book is Agnes, but she insists the story she tells isn’t really about her, but about her best friend Fabienne:

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“For most immigrants, the streets of America’s urban communities were paved with stones, not gold.” 

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“Bing West has written a novel that really captures the complexities of the Afghan War in a highly engrossing page-turner.”

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“A steady undercurrent of tension runs through The Frightened Ones as Suleima’s relationship with her inner world and the one around her are constantly on the point of fracturing.”

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“Rod Miller’s skills and knowledge, combined with a natural storyteller’s knack, make Pinebox Collins both a great introduction to the genre and an enlightening addition to it.”

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GI Confidential is one of Limón’s best to date in a series that never fails to entertain.”

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“Rafala seems to love language as much as his characters love their farms and their patron saint. That’s a powerful combination, and it fuels a compelling novel.”

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“Khemlin has created an unforgettable character and opened a window onto a world more people should know about.”

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“A treasure . . . using both a close personal focus and a broader historical scope, Grossman has written a war epic that rightly deserves to be a classic.”

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“Maden has definitely made this character and his supporting cast his own in this excellent third trip through the Tom Clancy universe.”

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“Death Is Hard Work is a short book, but one learns more detail of the life of war than from a hundred newspaper and TV reports.

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“The Cassandra, with its multiple parallels to the original story, might be the truest twist on the Cassandra myth ever attempted—and certainly the most relevant t

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War of the Wolf is the latest novel in the Saxon Tales series by renowned author Bernard Cornwell.

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“The Silence of the Girls is magnificent. It is a novel that lays open all the human experiences that the Iliad buries.”

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“An outstanding novel that is riveting and unforgettable, gut-wrenching and evocative.”

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“Ondaatje has spun a dazzling tale that lingers long after the book is closed.”  

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“Interesting, intriguing, and informative, Fools and Mortals is highly recommended.”

Interesting, Intriguing, Informative

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“Fans of historical fiction or tales of women defying the odds will be immediately drawn in to Runyan’s crisp, effortless prose.”

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“An excellent read from a remarkable storyteller.”

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“an amazing historical novel, revealing the horrors of WWI through the letters exchanged by Tom and Evie.”

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“an exhilarating, haunting, and memorable read.”

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It must be said up front that Jessica Shattuck is a genius at character development and narrative description.

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In Melanie Wallace’s third novel, her first in hardback by a major publisher, Olive Kitteridge meets Dorothy Allison’s Bastard Out of Carolina, both interpreted by Alice Munro.

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