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Book Review: Morningside Heights by Joshua Henkin
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Book Review: Morningside Heights by Joshua Henkin

Man of la BookJune 23, 2021

The novel is strongest in its depiction of the day-to-day living with a person suffering from Alzheimer’s. An undignified way to slowly die for those affected.

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Book Review: The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
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Book Review: The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Man of la BookMay 18, 2021

A struggling writer finds himself teaching a third-rate MFA program in Vermont, finds himself harrassed for stealing a dead student’s storyline.

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How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue
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Book Review: How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue

Man of la BookMarch 25, 2021

How Beautiful We Were is, in a word, fatalistic. The villagers are fighting a lost cause,– The David vs. Goliath story slowly morphs into a nuanced conflict.

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Book Review: Zuleikha by Guzel  Yakhina
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Book Review: Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina

Man of la BookMarch 27, 2019

Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina is a novel about a Tartar widow who has been exiled to Siberiawinner of the Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award & other Russian book awards

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Book Review: The Chef’s Secret by Crystal King
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Book Review: The Chef’s Secret by Crystal King

Man of la BookFebruary 14, 2019

Italy around the middle 1500s. Master chef Bartolomeo Scappi died and leaves his wealth, knowledge and even name to Giovanni, his long time apprentice

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Book Review: The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas
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Book Review: The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas

Man of la BookDecember 19, 2018

Four scientist invented time travel in 1967, however one of them suffers a breakdown and the other three exile her fearing she would jeopardize the project.

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Book Review: The General’s Cook by Ramin Ganeshram
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Book Review: The General’s Cook by Ramin Ganeshram

Man of la BookNovember 19, 2018

A historical fiction book taking place in 1793, following the life of Hercules, a slave in Mt. Vernon, as well as President George Washington’s chef.

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Book Review: Family Trust by Kathy Wang
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Book Review: Family Trust by Kathy Wang

Man of la BookNovember 9, 2018

Stanley Huang has claimed for years that he is very rich. Now that Stanley Huanghas pancreatic cancer his family wants details of his fortune to be revealed.

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