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Book Review: The Prophet and the Idiot by Jonas Jonasson
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Book Review: The Prophet and the Idiot by Jonas Jonasson

Man of la BookApril 9, 2024

The book is well written, satirical, quirky, and a lot of fun to read. The first half is excellent, but I felt the second half fell flat when the schtick was up

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Book Review: Stockholm by Noa Yedlin
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Book Review: Stockholm by Noa Yedlin

Man of la BookNovember 28, 2023

Stockholm by Noa Yedlin is a dark comedy about an older group of friends (late 60s, early 70s) attempting to keep secret the death of a friend

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Book Review: The Appetite Factory by John Gingerich
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Book Review: The Appetite Factory by Jon Gingerich

Man of la BookAugust 23, 2022

Leonard Lundell resides in an ugly world, working an ugly job, living an ugly life. Everyone around him is either fat (usually), ugly, old, lazy, or an idiot.

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Book Review: Sweet Sweet Revenge, Ltd. By Jonas Jonasson
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Book Review: Sweet Sweet Revenge, Ltd. By Jonas Jonasson

Man of la BookJune 14, 2022

Jonas Jonasson seems to, once again, take pleasure in writing farces, comedy of errors that happen to somehow work out. Kevin

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Book Review: The Patron Saint of Second Chances by Christine Simon
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Book Review: The Patron Saint of Second Chances by Christine Simon

Man of la BookApril 14, 2022

Mayor Speranza has a problem; his village of Prometto, Italy (pop. 212) must come up with 70,000 euros. Otherwise, the water pipes will not be fixed

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