California

[Becky Lindroos]

Thanks - it’s now on my wish list -  but The Peripheral (William Gibson’s new one) came out a couple days ago and I have to get to that.   Currently reading Lawrence in Arabia by Scott Anderson and it’s long and kind of boring unless you’re really interested in the details of what all went on in the great grab of the Ottoman Empire during WWI.  

In other news - I recently finished The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell and found it to be good,  but nowhere near great - Cloud Atlas was great.  And the new Murakami is calling my name, too.  Oh my … 

Bekah 



> On Oct 30, 2014, at 5:38 AM, alice malice <alicewmalice at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Edan Lepucki’s debut novel California chooses a mighty theme, as
> Melville advises, namely an environmental breakdown. She might fall
> short of Melville’s power—don’t we all?—but in her case the failure’s
> interesting for how it’s linked to her considerable storytelling
> power.
> 
> http://www.kenyonreview.org/kr-online-issue/2014-fall/selections/california-by-edan-lepucki-738439/
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