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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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While they waited for the revolution, life had to be lived.

January 20, 2018 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I didn’t know much about this one going in. The opening was fetching, and I got into it almost immediately. I found it funny, sort of ahead of its time or not quite what I expected, and there were several moments where I was laughing out loud. I got a little “done” with it by the last 100 pages or so (it’s oddly long at 560 pages for an otherwise small feeling story) and so I was happy to finish it when the time came. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: a house for mr biswas, vs naipaul

vel veeter's CBR10 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: a house for mr biswas, vs naipaul ·
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