Books by Marcel Theroux
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English
review 1: This was a really interesting book. It doesn't rate 5 stars because it was a bit difficult to read, but wow, does it stay with you. The protagonist, Nicholas Slopen, is an English lit professor, specializing in Samuel Johnson. He's asked to verify some old documents that supposed...
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English
review 1: Just couldn't do it. Made it 10% of the way in and then spent at least five days trying to will myself to read more. Couldn't. I am so picky about first person narration as it is; first person narration of a woman talking about how hard it is to be a woman in this particular s...
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English
review 1: A hard-scrabble, post-collapse novel set in the not to distant future. It is told from a first-person perspective and the narrator is compelling. There's a low-key effect in the telling, but it has a lot of nice surprises and keeps you engaged. It's a harsh world. Life is har...