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Paladin

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15. "Purity" by Jonathan Franzen.

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Tue Sep 22, 2015, 01:03 PM

Sep 2015

Big, dense, intelligent and enjoyable, as I've found Franzen's other novels. Nice to wade into something substantial every once in a while; a book where you encounter words like "adamantine" and "solipsism" without any cringe-worthy pretense.

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What are you reading this week of September 20, 2015? [View all] hermetic Sep 2015 OP

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