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Review a gentleman in moscow5/25/2023 ![]() The multiple voices and perspectives is refreshing. These books blend history and fiction in such a way that you want to believe every word that is written. – EthosDaimon A Brief History Of Seven Killings by Marlon James and Apeirogon by Colum McCann Riveting historical fiction, which also features the story of a Soviet night witch. The last book I couldn’t put down was The Huntress, by Kate Quinn, about a small group on Nazi hunters in Vienna in 1950, hunting down a woman war criminal and this woman’s reinvention of herself in the US after the war. On the one hand a story about bullying and the shutdown response that comes from that on the other hand a story about building social confidence and learning to cope with the inevitable miscommunications that come from daily interactions. It’s a fantasy story that spends more time looking at its characters than wallowing in the fantasy aspect. – Sean Davey Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura A superbly researched and written book from a journalist who tells a story from Iraq, not from a western perspective. ![]() This book reveals the terror that was brought on a country in extremely personal circumstances and it seems that no one was left unscathed. ![]() The NYT bureau chief in Baghdad from 2017-18, Coker takes the reader inside the war in Iraq from the perspective of Iraqis themselves, some of who fought Isis and some who decided to help them. ![]() ![]() Read more The Spymaster of Baghdad by Margaret Coker ![]()
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