The other book is The Girl With No Shadow by Joanne Harris. It was a fun read, sequel to Chocolat which I also enjoyed.
Book club today talked about Steven Ambrose's book, Nothing Like It in the World. Did you know that the financing required to build the first transcontenental railroad was exactly like that used by Enron executives. Some things never change. But would the railroad have gotten build without those shaky finances? Who knows.
Back to reading The Wedding of the Two-Headed Woman.
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I just finished "A Land So Strange," about a Spanish conquistador who spent 8 years in the North American wilderness in the 1530s. Very entertaining.
Now I'm reading Rabelais' 'Gargantua & Pantagruel' & also re-reading one of my all-time favorites, "Infinite Jest," by David Foster Wallace (who, you may have heard, committed suicide earlier this year). I think John David would like that if he hasn't read it already.
I'm following Margaret's impending births with great interest!
Love,
Dan
Thanks for sharing your reads. You've always steered me onto some good ones! Will pass word onto John about Infinite Jest. Not sure he takes time to read the blog.
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