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Thanksgiving Short Books

The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nahisi Coates

Buck by MK Asante

Yellow-Back Radio Brokedown by Ishmael Reed

Guerilla Warfare by Che Guevara

The Crazy Kill by Chester Himes

The Double Helix by James Watson

Pafko at the Wall by Don Delillo

Williwaw by Gore Vidal

The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By by Georges Simenon

The Mahe Circle by Georges Simenon

The Hand by Georges Simenon

The Engagement by Georges Simenon

Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata

Beauty and Sadness by Yasunari Kawabata

Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

The Promise by Damon Galgut

Consider This by Chuck Palahniuk

Gerald's Party by Robert Coover

November 23, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The Beautiful Struggle – 5/5  Stars I never taught in Baltimore City, but I did teach in Baltimore County, where Ta-Nehisi Coates spends part of high school. (I was two schools over, but the idea was pretty much the same there). So the result is some familiarity here. If I ever met Ta-Nehisi Coates, I think what I would want to tell him is when I was brand new to Baltimore, so when I scheduled my meeting with the MVA (DMV) I went to the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History Tagged With: Che Guevara, Chester Himes, chuck palahniuk, Damon Galgut, Don DeLillo, georges simenon, Gore Vidal, ishmael reed, James Watson, MK Asante, Robert Coover, Ta-Nahisi Coates, yasunari kawabata

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:481 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History · Tags: Che Guevara, Chester Himes, chuck palahniuk, Damon Galgut, Don DeLillo, georges simenon, Gore Vidal, ishmael reed, James Watson, MK Asante, Robert Coover, Ta-Nahisi Coates, yasunari kawabata ·
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