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Posted: Dec 28, 2016 - 12:38pm
Proclivities wrote: The "fish" bit threw me off a bit, made me think of Jaws; maybe it should've been "deadly cetacean" or something. Wouldn't want to give it away. Recall, also, that the debate about whether whales are fish or mammals occupied an entire chapter of the book. So the word "fish" was a bit of a clue.

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Posted: Dec 27, 2016 - 1:54pm
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Posted: Dec 27, 2016 - 1:53pm
kcar wrote: It's been awhile since I read "Tale of Two Cities"...Is that it? Sorry for the delay. Yes; that's correct

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Posted: Dec 23, 2016 - 6:41pm
Antigone wrote: Ulysses Yup!

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Posted: Dec 23, 2016 - 6:59am
Proclivities wrote: That's probably his best. The later ones seem like more of the same but not as well written or engaging. Excellent. I'm going to place an Amazon order. This thread is inspiring

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Posted: Dec 23, 2016 - 6:55am
olivertwist wrote: I like that quote. I haven't read any of that author's novels. I think I'll start with this one. That's probably his best. The later ones seem like more of the same but not as well written or engaging - well, to me anyhow.

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Posted: Dec 23, 2016 - 6:52am

Proclivities wrote:

You could walk up and down the main drive any Thursday in the week till doomsday and never meet an expansive soul. Sixty or seventy thousand people — perhaps more — wrapped in woolen underwear and nowhere to go and nothing to do. Turning out mustard by the carload.

I like that quote. I haven't read any of that author's novels. I think I'll start with this one.

Movie trivia: I believe that book makes a "cameo appearance" in a diner scene in Scorsese's After Hours.

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Posted: Dec 23, 2016 - 6:47am
olivertwist wrote: Another wild guess here... Tropic of Cancer? You could walk up and down the main drive any Thursday in the week till doomsday and never meet an expansive soul. Sixty or seventy thousand people — perhaps more — wrapped in woolen underwear and nowhere to go and nothing to do. Turning out mustard by the carload.

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Posted: Dec 23, 2016 - 6:35am
Proclivities wrote: It was a scandalous book, banned in many places - including the US for about 30 years after it was first published. Another wild guess here... Tropic of Cancer?

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Posted: Dec 23, 2016 - 6:31am
olivertwist wrote: Any hints? It was a scandalous book, banned in many places - including the US for about 30 years after it was first published.

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Posted: Dec 23, 2016 - 6:24am
Proclivities wrote: Nope. Any hints?

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Posted: Dec 23, 2016 - 5:56am
olivertwist wrote: The Sheltering Sky? I recall that the story takes place in North Africa, but I can't remember if one of the locales is a French colony. Nope.

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Posted: Dec 23, 2016 - 5:46am
Proclivities wrote: American visitor scorns French mustard town. The Sheltering Sky? I recall that the story takes place in North Africa, but I can't remember if one of the locales is a French colony.

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Posted: Dec 23, 2016 - 5:44am
kcar wrote: One day, two outsiders, dirty city. Ulysses

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Posted: Dec 23, 2016 - 5:33am
kcar wrote: One day, two outsiders, dirty city. Hmm. That description is intriguing...

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Posted: Dec 23, 2016 - 5:32am
Antigone wrote: Anna Karenina Correct!

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Posted: Dec 23, 2016 - 5:27am
American visitor scorns French mustard town.

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Posted: Dec 23, 2016 - 5:22am
olivertwist wrote: Adulterous affair, blood on the tracks Anna Karenina

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