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Torfinn Nome rated Blindness: 4 stars
Blindness by José Saramago
A driver waiting at the traffic lights goes blind. An ophthalmologist tries to diagnose his distinctive white blindness, but is …
Torfinn Nome rated The Player of Games: 5 stars
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks (Culture, #2)
The Player of Games is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 1988. It …
Torfinn Nome rated Out Stealing Horses: 2 stars
Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
After a meeting with his only neighbor, sixty-seven-year-old Trond is forced to reflect upon a long-ago incident that marks the …
Torfinn Nome rated Hyperion: 5 stars
Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, waits a creature called the Shrike. There are those …
Torfinn Nome rated Pandora's Star: 4 stars
Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
Torfinn Nome rated Brave New World: 3 stars
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good …
Torfinn Nome rated Snow: 2 stars
Snow by Orhan Pamuk
Touching, slyly comic, and humming with cerebral suspense—a masterful novel of "political intrigue and philosophy, romance and noir" (Vogue) and …
Torfinn Nome rated Little Brother: 4 stars
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on …
Torfinn Nome rated Bad Science: 4 stars
Torfinn Nome rated Perfume: 3 stars
Perfume by Patrick Süskind
Das Parfum, a contemporary novel, which at first sight stands out for the extensive and astonishing descriptions it contains, …
Torfinn Nome rated Norwegian Wood: 3 stars
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin
Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young …
Torfinn Nome rated The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: 4 stars
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson on his most personal journey yet: into his own childhood in America's Mid-West.Some say that the first hint …
Torfinn Nome rated The Eye of the World: 3 stars
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time, #1)
The Eye of the World is a fantasy novel by American writer Robert Jordan, the first book of The Wheel …
Torfinn Nome rated George Orwell's 1984: 4 stars
George Orwell's 1984 by George Orwell, George Orwell (duplicate)
Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often referred to as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist …