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An accident's consequences
'Well, it's a world of accidents, isn't it?" concludes "Cookie" Baciagalupo in John Irving's new novel as random events threaten him yet again. He's right, but in Last Night in Twisted River, it's the consequences of those accidents that rea...
The Philadelphia Inquirer Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:01:00 GMT

Locale as a key to civilization?
Barry Cunliffe is the emeritus professor of European archaeology at Oxford, and Europe Between the Oceans is perhaps the boldest work of ancient history in recent memory. It draws on an impressive array of scholarship to paint a 10,000-year portrait of Eur...
The Philadelphia Inquirer Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:01:00 GMT

Drama's here, but so is inconsistency in plot and writing
If ever there were a woman devoid of maternal love, it's Ava Middlebrooks, and now that she's out of prison, she's out for vengeance against the one person she holds responsible for her incarceration - her daughter, Yancey Harrington Braxton.
The Philadelphia Inquirer Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:01:00 GMT

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