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Review: The Son by Philipp Meyer

fashion_piranha Nov 07, 2013 13:39

The Son
by Philipp Meyer

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r2013, family, ***, oil, 19th century, wild west, 21st century, historical fiction, america, fiction, 20th century, united states, 2013

Review: Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart

fashion_piranha Apr 14, 2012 10:44

Absurdistan
by Gary Shteyngart

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war, oil, 2006, 21st century, politics, russia, r2012, america, fiction, immigration, *1/2, new york city, humor

Review: Land of Marvels by Barry Unsworth

fashion_piranha Apr 04, 2009 20:01

Land of Marvels

by Barry Unsworth

Amazon.com Product Description: A thriller set in 1914 as the Western nations are making a grab for political power and oil in the Middle East, by a writer with an “almost magical capacity for literary time travel” (The New York Times Book Review).

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middle east, railroads, oil, iraq, mesopotamia, 2009, historical fiction, fiction, ottoman empire, 20th century, archaeology, *1/2, barry unsworth, r2009