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Published on October 18th, 2013

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The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner

The year is 1977 and Reno – so called because of the place of her birth – has come to New York intent on turning her fascination with motorcycles and speed into art. She meets a group of dreamers and raconteurs who submit her to a sentimental education of sorts.

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The lowland Jhumpa Lahiri

The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

From Subhash’s earliest memories, at every point, his brother was there. So close in age, they were inseparable in childhood and yet, as the years pass – as U.S tanks roll into Vietnam and riots sweep across India – their brotherly bond can do nothing to forestall the tragedy that will upend their lives.

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The Good Lord Bird by John McBride

Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1857, when the region is a battleground between anti- and pro-slavery forces. When John Brown, the legendary abolitionist, arrives in the area, an argument between Brown and Henry’s master quickly turns violent.

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tenth of december saunders omnivore Tenth of December by George Saunders

From the undisputed master of the short story, George Saunders, comes a dazzling and disturbing new collection. His most wryly hilarious work to date, Tenth of December illuminates human experience and explores figures lost in a labyrinth of troubling preoccupations.

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Thomas Pynchon Omnivore reviewBleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon

It is 2001 in New York City, in the lull between the collapse of the dotcom boom and the terrible events of September 11th. Silicon Alley is a ghost town, Web 1.0 is having adolescent angst, Google has yet to IPO, Microsoft is still considered the Evil Empire.

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