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Fun Facts Friday: Anthony Burgess
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Fun Facts Friday: Anthony Burgess

Man of la BookFebruary 25, 2022

Anthony Burgess was an English writer, poet, and composer. Mr. Burgess is known for his comic, dystopian works; the best known of them is A Clockwork Orange.

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Audiobook Review: The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
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Audiobook Review: The Sandman by Neil Gaiman

Man of la BookNovember 15, 2021

This audiobook collects the first three volumes of The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman: Preludes & Nocturnes, The Doll’s House, and Dream Country.

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Fun Facts Friday: Alexander Pope
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Fun Facts Friday: Alexander Pope

Man of la BookMay 21, 2021

Alexander Pope (21 May, 1688 – 30 May, 1744) was a poet and satirist, considered to be one of the best English poets of the early 18th century

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William Shakespeare
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Fun Facts Friday: William Shakespeare

Man of la BookApril 23, 2021

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor who is commonly thought of as the greatest writer in English, and the world’s greatest dramatist.

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Guest Post: What You Need to Know About the Art of Fanfiction
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Guest Post: What You Need to Know About the Art of Fanfiction

Man of la BookJuly 23, 2020

While fanfiction may make you think of “50 Shades of Grey” or teen fiction brought about in the internet age, fanfiction actually has a rich root in history.

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Fun Facts Friday: Ovid
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Fun Facts Friday: Ovid

Man of la BookMarch 20, 2020

Ovid was a Roman poet who is ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature, along with his contemporaries Horace and Virgil.

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Book Review: The Porpoise by Mark Haddon
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Book Review: The Porpoise by Mark Haddon

Man of la BookJune 26, 2019

The Porpoise by Mark Haddon is a novel following three stories in different time periods, all with a common narrative, in different worlds, which just touch.

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Book Review: Macbeth by Jo Nesbø
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Book Review: Macbeth by Jo Nesbø

Man of la BookOctober 24, 2017

This is a dark, violent, grimy and foggy tale, a noir tale of madness which only gets more and more paranoid as the story evolves.

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Book Review: William Shakespeare’s The Phantom of Menace by Ian Doescher

Man of la BookApril 9, 2015

I thought this book was the funniest of the bunch and I really enjoyed the illustration. Mr. Doescher wrote a witty book which made me laugh. I got some of the Shakespeare puns but not as many as I did in other books – I’m not much a Shakespeare scholar.

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Book Review: William Shakespeare’s the Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher

Man of la BookMarch 24, 2014

I enjoyed William Shakespeare’s Start Wars so I figure why not read William Shakespeare’s the Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher. What I found was another entertaining book which was funny and a fast read.

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