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Tim Gebhart lives in Sioux Falls, SD, where he practices law in order to provide shelter for his family, his dogs, and his books. He is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his blog de guerre is A Progressive on the Prairie.
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Book Review: The Country Where No One Ever Dies by Ornela Vorpsi
Novel's well written vignettes of life in Communist Albania ultimately fall short of creating broad insight into its people.
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Book Review: But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz by Geoff Dyer
Geoff Dyer's fact-based but impressionistic fictional essays about great jazz musicians are a form of literary jazz.
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Book Review: Tomorrow! by Philip Wylie
Reissued 1954 novel immerses reader in the feel of the Cold War era.
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Book Review: Invisible by Paul Auster
Paul Auster's writing skills draw in and hold readers of his 15th novel.
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Book Review: In Search of My Homeland: A Memoir of a Chinese Labor Camp by Er Tai Gao
Chinese intellectual's memoir reflects how even aesthetics are perceived as a threat by totalitarian regimes.
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Book Review: The Secret History of Science Fiction edited by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel
Interesting premise gives rise to anthology challenging distinctions between mainstream and genre fiction.
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Book Review: Rasskazy: New Fiction from a New Russia edited by Mikhail Iossel and Jeff Parker
Collection of post-Soviet Russian fiction reflects life in a new Russia and the influence of Russian literary heritage.
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Book Review: The Sixties by Jenny Diski
British author uses memoir approach to ponder if "The Sixties" had lasting meaning.
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Book Review: The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
Nick Harkaway combines satire, wit, ninjas, war veterans and mime troupes in a first-rate debut novel.
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Book Review: Beauty Salon by Mario Bellatin
Mexican author's novella is a minimalist, allegorical tale of a society facing a deadly plague.
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