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[2 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]
Testament of Gideon Mack

How do you even begin to define such a strange work? “Testament of Gideon Mack” is definitely not a usual pick for your bedtime reading, yet it reads peculiarly easy for a couple of sitting at the fireplace, if you will.

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[14 May 2009 | One Comment | ]
Dante Club : Hell of a Debut

Anyone who is a movie buff will love a film that talks about a film. In the similar logic, enthusiastic bloggers will search and find blogs who talk about blogging. This kind of appeal, no,- strike that; this kind of devotion to a passion that got me picking up that copy of “Dante Club” and started reading.
Now, by talking about Dante Club, I make a risqué decision of writing about a book whose hype has passed away long time ago. In fact, Matthew Pearl has already launched his next …

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[19 Feb 2009 | 4 Comments | ]
Tanril : A Colossal Masterpiece in Bahasa Indonesia !

Never before had I thought that I would feature a book review in my headline section of this blog. It’s not that I think books are not important, - but I usually reserve my headline column for special issues of human interest or other things that are dear to me. One book made me change my mind.