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HUNTING PARTY (PAPERBACK) by Agnaes Desarthe

November 5, 2018

AN ADVENTURE, A MEDITATION, a thriller, a fable: lyrical French novel in a shimmering translation. A MINUS

HUNTING PARTY (PAPERBACK)
Unnamed Press
2018

Grade: A MINUS

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NEVER ANYONE BUT YOU (HARDCOVER) by Rupert Thomson

November 3, 2018

FRENCH ARTISTS IN LOVE: novel about Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore shines brightest when portraying their anti-Nazi resistance. SOLID B

NEVER ANYONE BUT YOU (HARDCOVER)
Other Press
2018

Grade: SOLID B

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THE RECKONINGS (HARDCOVER) by Lacy M. Johnson

November 1, 2018

THOUGHTFUL, FIERCE ESSAYS on violence in many forms—interpersonal, international, environmental—and on justice, reconciliation, and hope. B PLUS

THE RECKONINGS (HARDCOVER)
Scribner
2018

Grade: B PLUS

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