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2008 BookBrowse Favorites
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Tethered: A Novel
by Amy Mackinnon
Hardcover: Aug 2008
Paperback: 11 Aug 2009
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| Clara Marsh is an undertaker who doesn’t believe in God. Suddenly, her carefully structured life shifts when she discovers a neglected girl desperate for a friend. And when Detective Sullivan starts questioning her again about a body she prepared three years ago, Clara must choose between the existence of loneliness and the perils of binding one’s life to another. |
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
Hardcover: Sep 2008
Paperback: 23 Jun 2009
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| A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story and financial intrigue. |
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Beijing Coma: A Novel
by Ma Jian
Hardcover: May 2008
Paperback: 9 Jun 2009
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| At once a powerful allegory of a rising China, racked by contradictions, and a seminal examination of the Tiananmen Square protests, Beijing Coma is Ma Jian’s masterpiece. Spiked with dark wit, poetic beauty, and deep rage, this extraordinary novel confirms his place as one of the world’s most significant living writers. |
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The Forever War
by Dexter Filkins
Hardcover: Sep 2008
Paperback: 2 Jun 2009
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| From the front lines of the battle against Islamic fundamentalism, a searing, unforgettable book that captures the human essence of the greatest conflict of our time. |
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The Lazarus Project
by Aleksandar Hemon
Hardcover: May 2008
Paperback: 5 May 2009
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| In 1908, 19-year-old Lazarus went to the home of George Shippy, the Chicago chief of police to deliver a letter - but Shippy shot Lazarus twice, killing him. Now, in the 21st century, a young writer, Brik, becomes obsessed with Lazarus' story - what really happened and why? As digs deeper, the stories of Lazarus and Brik become inextricably entwined. |
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Atmospheric Disturbances: A Novel
by Rivka Galchen
Hardcover: May 2008
Paperback: 28 Apr 2009
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| Atmospheric Disturbances is at once a moving love story, a dark comedy, a psychological thriller, and a deeply disturbing portrait of a fracturing mind. |
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The Cellist of Sarajevo
by Steven Galloway
Hardcover: May 2008
Paperback: 7 Apr 2009
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| This brilliant novel with universal resonance, set during the 1990s Siege of Sarajevo, tells the story of three people trying to survive in a city rife with the extreme fear of desperate times, and of the sorrowing cellist who plays undaunted in their midst. |
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City of Thieves: A Novel
by David Benioff
Hardcover: May 2008
Paperback: 1 Apr 2009
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| A writer visits his retired grandparents in Florida to document their experience during the infamous siege of Leningrad. His grandmother won't talk about it, but his grandfather reluctantly consents. The result is the captivating odyssey of two young men trying to survive against desperate odds; an intimate coming-of-age tale with an utterly contemporary feel for how boys become men. |
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