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Eivind (like the Terrible)

3ivin6@books.babb.no

Joined 1 year, 11 months ago

I like big books and I cannot lie

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finished reading The Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols (New Mexico Trilogy, #1)

John Nichols: The Milagro Beanfield War (EBook, 2013, Henry Holt and Co.) No rating

Joe Mondragon, a feisty hustler with a talent for trouble, slammed his battered pickup to …

Fantastisk. Stor sjanse for at dette blir årets leseropplevelse for min del. En histore om anglo-USAs gradvise, men fortsatt ikke 100% fullførte kolonisering av nordre New Mexico, der nuevoméxicanos, etterkommere av den spanske kolonistaten, delvis har holdt på sitt språk og sitt levevis og nektet å la seg assimilere av anglostaten og - kapitalen.

Scott Brick, Truman Capote: In Cold Blood (AudiobookFormat, 2006, Books on Tape) No rating

On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the …

I've paid zero attention to the true crime wave of recent years, so I'm not speaking from a position of knowledge here, but this feels like it must be one of the masterpieces of the genre.