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James Thackara

Autore di The Book of Kings

4 opere 77 membri 2 recensioni

Opere di James Thackara

The Book of Kings (1999) 64 copie
America's Children (1984) 9 copie
Ahab's Daughter (1988) 3 copie
El libro de los reyes (2001) 1 copia

Etichette

Informazioni generali

Data di nascita
1944-12-07
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
USA
Luogo di nascita
California, USA
Luogo di residenza
United Kingdom
Istruzione
Harvard University
Attività lavorative
novelist
Relazioni
Taylor, Peter Hillsman (friend)

Utenti

Recensioni

I couldn't get past page 250. Turgid, glacial prose. Since it was about an Important Topic (World War 2, the Holocaust), it used this as a justification to dump a garbage barge-size heap of literary pretentiousness on the unwary reader. It looks thick and heady, but avoid at all costs.
½
 
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kswolff | 1 altra recensione | Nov 11, 2009 |
kswolff didn't like this book, but I am a sucker for long drawn-out sagas about war, so I went stoically through to the very end. I didn't suffer from any longeurs. Maybe I am too forgiving.
 
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libraryhermit | 1 altra recensione | Oct 27, 2010 |

Statistiche

Opere
4
Utenti
77
Popolarità
#231,246
Voto
½ 2.4
Recensioni
2
ISBN
14
Lingue
1

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