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BOOK REVIEW

Rancid Pansies
By JAMES HAMILTON-PATERSON

Reviewed by Alexandra Mullen

Samper Fidelis -- Gerald Samper has finally decided to his own self be true.

"These unlikely continental plot shelves start grinding together and a volcano starts rising from the teeming murk, spewing aperçus and absurdities with all the tender care of Mother Nature."



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THE BARNES & NOBLE INTERVIEW

Azar Nafisi

The critic and memoirist on the teaching power of fiction -- and the need for a bailout of the imagination.

"We really need to unite as readers, to find ways of defending ourselves, defending these great tools that we have been given, from libraries to bookstores to publications to museums."



READING ROMANCE

Loving a Barbarian
By ELOISA JAMES

The erotic intrigue in social mismatch.

"A lot of romances [present] a man who appears to be a filthy pirate, for example, but turns out to be a quite hygienic duke. But Rogan really is an unwashed, uncaring warrior."



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