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No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (Sara’s book 12, 2010)

Dec 8, ’10 1:30 AM

Cormac McCarthy is one of those writers whose work I have long looked forward to diving into, but have held back for some reason or other. (In this case, because I want to read the body of work as a whole, preferably on some hazy sun-filled holiday.)
I read The Road last year and found it [...]

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Close Range by Annie Proulx (Sara’s book 6, 2010)

Aug 30, ’10 12:10 PM

This is the fourth in my series of five reviews of short fiction collections. Close Range is Annie Proulx’s first collection of Wyoming Stories — spare tales of lives lived and lost in a harsh and lonely land.

Close Range
E. Annie ProulxFourth Estate 1999, Paperback, 320 pages, £12.00

One of the themes of these reviews is what I believe [...]

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