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Sacred Games

Claire S Claire S said: " Seems like potentially the perfect antidote to my current conundrum of hard-to-read Great Literature ala my daughter's class, and tedious Mom-sourced current novels..

And starts out engagingly interestingly!

I've wanted to get around to this for so l
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"2nd _: Love it. It's like visiting and old friend. In an interview, Chakram talks of his younger sister who says: Don't Bore Me! He doesn't." Mar 02, 2010 04:14AM

 
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"And the 2nd story, 2nd of 3 from child's perspective - also involving scary man. Hmmm.." Dec 08, 2009 06:41AM

 
A Portrait of the...
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Claire S Claire S said: " How did I never run into Joyce at any level in approximately 24 years of some-kind-of-schooling going on? I mean, I heard of him, but not through school at all I don't think. So wrong. So so so wrong.
I believe he's only within my radar now due to Go
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"Finished first part, about a fifth. Wow, very enveloping and rich.." Dec 06, 2009 05:07PM

 
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