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[tempestsarekind]

I went to the bookstore today, for no real reason, and there were lots of copies of The Ocean at the End of the Lane on display - more than the last time; I think the book must have moved up a few spots on some bestseller list or other. Anyway, what this meant was that there were all these people asking about the book who clearly had no idea who

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[enleve]

That sounds like it would be entertaining. Yeah, America's religious history is not totally inaccurate but not how I would start to describe the book.

[tempestsarekind]

It just sounds like some other book entirely to me, even though it's not wrong! A book about Puritans or something...

[enleve]

Yes, Puritans, or Shakers, or Mennonites, or perhaps the wide variety of spiritual practices and religious beliefs of the people who lived there before the Europeans arrived. From that description I wouldn't expect a Norse god to be a main character, for instance.

[tempestsarekind]

Exactly - or a long section with Egyptian gods who run a funeral parlor!