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Best Books of 2008: Editors’ Top 10: Literature & Fiction - Amazon

The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Serena: A Novel by Ron Rash
So Brave, Young and Handsome: A Novel by Leif Enger
The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon
Netherland: A Novel by Joseph O’Neill
Home: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson
Lush Life: A Novel by Richard Price
2666: A Novel by Roberto Bolano
Knockemstiff by Donald [...]

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Home by Marilynne Robinson - Review

Home: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson
Home occupies the same time-frame as Gilead; its central drama - the return of the prodigal Jack to his father’s house - is identical; the small events of the narrative - neighbourly visits, church attendance, small excursions into the countryside around Gilead, the house and garden tended, the ailing person [...]

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HOME by Marilynne Robinson - Review

Home: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson
Marilynne Robinson’s mournful new novel, “Home,” is not a sequel or a prequel to her Pulitzer Prize-winning “Gilead” (2004) but rather a companion. And companionship, it turns out, is what all the lonely people in this book are seeking. Set in the same Iowa town, just a short distance from [...]

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