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Reading Henry James: A Critical Perspective on Selected Works

George Monteiro

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Reading Henry James, looks to allusions, sources, echoes and affinities in the author's vast body of...

Siete cuentos

Julio Cortazar

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One of the core authors of the '60s boom in Latin American fiction, Julio Cortazar made a...

Goin' Crazy with Sam Peckinpah and All Our Friends

Max Evans and Robert Nott

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Almost as famous for the legendary excesses of his personal life as for his films, Sam Peckinpah...

Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain

Robert Winder

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The story of the way Britain has been settled and influenced by foreign people and ideas is as old...

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Aug 27, 2019

The Boys Volume 2: Get Some

Garth Ennis | 2008 | Comics & Graphic Novels

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A side-step for the second and third story arcs

The second volume of the graphic novel series combines two distinct story arcs. These do not follow on from the issues with The Seven, or the conflict with Teenage Kix, and this kind of stands out from the first issue.
The first arc follows Butcher and Hughie trying to find out how a young gay man met his death, and has hilarious moments, mainly surrounding the Batman-esque Tek-Knight.
The second arc sees the team take a trip to Russia and uncover a plot to overthrow the government.
Both stories have the same feel of the first arc, but they feel like something of a distraction, and not much is done to build up the tension with The Seven (other than starting to uncover the CIA's reluctance to take Vought-American down).