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REDEPLOYMENT by Phil Klay

May 31, 2014

AN IRAQ VETERAN’S FICTION captures terrors of battle, Marine camaraderie, and the chasm dividing war and home. B PLUS

Grade: B PLUS

REDEPLOYMENT
Penguin
2014

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A POSSIBLE LIFE, by Sebastian Faulks

February 10, 2013

FIVE STORIES, CONNECTED by big themes like luck, love, and identity, each deftly handled by Sebastian Faulks.

Grade: B PLUS

A POSSIBLE LIFE: A NOVEL IN FIVE PARTS
Henry Holt
2012

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HAVE YOU SEEN MARIE? by Sandra Cisneros and Ester Hernández

December 22, 2012

SWEET FABLE ABOUT love, loss, and neighborhood from Sandra Cisneros, with charming art by Ester Hernández.

Grade: SOLID B

HAVE YOU SEEN MARIE?
Knopf
2012

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THE ADDRESS BOOK, by Sophie Calle

November 9, 2012

GORGEOUS LITTLE ART book is a collage of impressions–in photos and text–of the owner of a lost address book.

Grade: B PLUS

THE ADDRESS BOOK
Siglio
2012

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ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING, by Jasper Fforde

April 8, 2011

JASPER FFORDE is back with another metafictional adventure for his sleuth Thursday Next–or a version of her…

Grade: B PLUS

ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING
Viking
2011

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