 | What Is the What (Vintage) by Dave Eggers
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $8.80 Best read of the year by far. Engaging character. Is it fiction? Nonfiction? Who cares, really! *****
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 | The Worst Intentions by Alessandro Piperno
Buy new: $11.66 / Used from: $2.15 Unusual Italian import. Intriguing journey into a subculture of Italian life--the ultra elite. ***1/2
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 | Out: A Novel by Natsuo Kirino
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $2.20 Excellent wintertime muderous tale. Frustarted wife kills husband. Coverup ensues, as does guilt and greed. An unsatisfying ending, but still worth the investment. ***
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 | The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $4.43 Troubling tale by a troubled author. Engaging prose and careful documentation make this historical narative of an often neglected WWII "sidenote" both engaging and informative. ****
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 | Finding Iris Chang: Friendship, Ambition, and the Loss of an Extraordinary Mind by Paula Kamen
Buy new: $17.16 / Used from: $4.47 Mixed feelings about this one. Kamen asks lots of relevant questions, but seems to get lost among them. Rambling at times. Heartfelt at other times. Perhaps unintentionally exploitative, but nonetheless an interesting insight into a talented and tragic literary figure. **
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 | An Execution in the Family: One Sons Journey. by Robert. MEEROPOL
Somewhat satisfying. Expected more. Had to push through this one. Not as much of a Rosenberg biography as much as a son's reaction to an infamous legacy. Highly informative, though. ***
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