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Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind: October 2005 |
 | | The crime/thriller world is separated in the public mind from the literary world, so that our books are not even judged on the same merits as self-evident literary works. |
 | | Otherwise, A.O. Scott pays tribute to Kurt Vonnegut, James Atlas mulls over the evolution of biographies, Charles Taylor puts down ANANSI BOYS with a disappointed taste in his mouth, and Joyce Carol Oates' new novel may be her most disturbing, detail-filled yet, according to Stacey D'Erasmo. |
 | | Well, not really everywhere, but I needed a good excuse to report on the fact that in a matter of days, one of the longtime stalwarts of the independent mystery book world is moving to a new location. |
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