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In the Lake of the Woods – Tim O’Brien
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In the Lake of the Woods – Tim O’Brien

ByMichael September 30, 2024September 30, 2024

As far as I recall, this book was proposed by Carolyn Housman, when the club met at her home in Rockland, but what matter is that, 14 months later? We read it, we liked it (which, I suppose is true of most of our selections but never guaranteed). In any event, we met on Saturday,…

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The Sympathizer – Viet Thanh Nguyen
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The Sympathizer – Viet Thanh Nguyen

ByMichael March 23, 2020September 5, 2022

The Sympathizer is an epic of love and betrayal. The narrator, a communist double agent, is a “man of two minds,” a half-French, half-Vietnamese army captain who arranges to come to America after the Fall of Saigon, and while building a new life with other Vietnamese refugees in Los Angeles is secretly reporting back to…

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