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Ordinary Thunderstorms: A Novel by William Boyd
epub |eng | 2009-01-02 | Author:William Boyd [Boyd, William]

Mhouse sat on the mattress, cross-legged, facing him, munching crisps and drinking wine from the bottle. It was like a midnight feast, Adam thoughtthen, a second later, the school analogy ...
( Category: Historical September 29,2014 )
Americana by Don Delillo
epub, mobi |eng | 1971-01-02 | Author:Don Delillo [Delillo, Don]

"I'm David Bell," I said. "I got confused. I meant Dick Davis." "Freudian slip," I said. "They say if you use somebody's name like that by mistake it means you ...
( Category: Literary September 29,2014 )
Open City by Teju Cole
epub |eng | 2011-02-07 | Author:Teju Cole [Cole, Teju]

TEN I was running across Lagos with my sister. We were doing a marathon, and having to push vagrants and street dogs out of our way. But I have no ...
( Category: Urban Life September 29,2014 )
The Fates Will Find Their Way by Hannah Pittard
epub |eng | 2011-01-31 | Author:Hannah Pittard [Pittard, Hannah]

13 Of course Nora got pregnant again. Of course the only two times she’d ever had sex she ended up pregnant. Because if sex wasn’t for pleasure, then it had ...
( Category: Literary September 29,2014 )
The Lemon Table by Julian Barnes
epub, mobi |eng | 0100-12-31 | Author:Julian Barnes [Barnes, Julian]

On the feast-day of Jean-Etienne Delacour, the following dishes had been prepared on the instructions of his daughter-in-law, Mme Amélie: bouillon, the beef which had been boiled in it, a ...
( Category: Contemporary September 29,2014 )
In Zanesville by Jo Ann Beard
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-04-24 | Author:Jo Ann Beard [Beard, Jo Ann]

“Stop giving me subliminal suggestions,” I tell Maroni that afternoon. “You’re the one who had the dream, not me,” she says. We’re sitting out gym class, waiting for Felicia to ...
( Category: Coming of Age September 29,2014 )
The Dream Life of Sukhanov by Olga Grushin
epub |eng | 2005-01-01 | Author:Olga Grushin [Grushin, Olga]

Some hours later, reclining in the backseat of his Volga, Sukhanov watched lit rectangles of lower-floor windows emerge from the evening shadows and then slowly glide backward and out of ...
( Category: Political September 29,2014 )
Far to Go by Alison Pick
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-05-19 | Author:Alison Pick [Pick, Alison]

Part Three Occupation 12 March 1939 My dear Max, I am writing from Paris. Anneliese and Pavel were due to meet me yesterday. They never arrived. No wire, nothing. I ...
( Category: Jewish September 29,2014 )
Bogeywoman by Jaimy Gordon
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-09-05 | Author:Jaimy Gordon [Gordon, Jaimy]

5 A Quietroom of One’s Own East Five was the mirror image of East Six, with one big difference: it was uninhabited. Or so it looked on its steely face. ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction September 29,2014 )
The lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
epub |eng | 2009-10-21 | Author:Barbara Kingsolver [Kingsolver, Barbara]

The New York Times, August 25, 1940 U.S. Forbids Entry of Trotsky’s Body No Specific Reason Is Cited, but Fear of Demonstration Is Believed Cause SOVIET CALLS HIM TRAITOR PRESS ...
( Category: Historical September 29,2014 )
The Whole World Over: A Novel by Julia Glass
epub |eng | 2006-05-23 | Author:Julia Glass [Glass, Julia]

ELEVEN "WELL, EVERYBODY, we have some big news. I'm pregnant." They were eating the main course of Thanksgiving dinner— Saga's turkey stuffed with corn bread, Pansy's mashed potatoes with too ...
( Category: Literary September 29,2014 )
Prep: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld
epub, pdf |eng | 2005-01-11 | Author:Curtis Sittenfeld [Sittenfeld, Curtis]

6. Townie JUNIOR WINTER An ambulance took Sin-Jun to the ER in the early evening, right around when formal dinner started. In fact, when Tig Oltman and Daphne Cook found ...
( Category: Contemporary September 29,2014 )
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
epub, mobi |eng | 2006-01-02 | Author:Dinaw Mengestu [Mengestu, Dinaw]

I’m covered in sweat when I reach the apartment complex. I catch my reflection in the building’s door. Sweat is streaming down the side of my face. I look exactly ...
( Category: Contemporary September 29,2014 )
Tree of Smoke: A Novel by Denis Johnson
epub, mobi |eng | 2007-01-02 | Author:Denis Johnson [Johnson, Denis]

“Well —I didn’t think we did.” “We started out Shaughnesseys. All of a sudden on the boat over it was Sands.” “That’s what Aunt Grace told me. All my life ...
( Category: Espionage September 29,2014 )
Already Dead: A California Gothic by Denis Johnson
epub, mobi |eng | 1997-01-02 | Author:Denis Johnson [Johnson, Denis]

kitchen. Mo said, “Can I help?” and went that direction. “Okay if I let down the blind?” the woman said. She wasn’t talking to him. He sat on a footrest ...
( Category: Crime September 29,2014 )

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