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John Irving recommended Death in Venice in Books (curated)

 
Death in Venice
Death in Venice
Thomas Mann | 2005 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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"In Thomas Mann's novella Death in Venice, a great writer is as endangered by his repressed passions as he is by the cholera plague. I was a young fiction writer who wanted to be an artist at what I did. Why wouldn't I be interested, as Mann was, in the nature of the artist?"

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Kerry Jones (25 KP) rated This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor in Books

Nov 3, 2018  
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
Adam Kay | 2017 | Biography
5
9.0 (44 Ratings)
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Not as good as I was expecting. Had a few poignant moments but in most cases the writer was not very likable
  
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Sam Ribble (16 KP) rated The Princess Diarist in Books

May 18, 2017  
The Princess Diarist
The Princess Diarist
Carrie Fisher | 2017 | Biography
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7.5 (22 Ratings)
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May the force be with you
This is one book a couldn't put down. Carrie Fisher was honestly a great writer and actress.
  
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Kaitlyn Long (0 KP) rated Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) in Movies

Jun 30, 2018  
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
2017 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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6.9 (200 Ratings)
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The writer and producers of Pirates never seem to disappoint me. This movie was amazing and emotional. It's definitely on my rewatch list.
  
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Trevor Noah recommended Long Walk to Freedom in Books (curated)

 
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela | 2013 | Biography
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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"He was as good a writer as he was a freedom fighter and president. This is a book worthy of his storied life."

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Jay McInerney recommended The Code of the Woosters (Jeeves, #7) in Books (curated)

 
The Code of the Woosters (Jeeves, #7)
The Code of the Woosters (Jeeves, #7)
P.G. Wodehouse | 2000 | Fiction & Poetry
7.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"Wodehouse is, sentence for sentence, the funniest writer in the English language, and this is his best, most shapely and finely crafted, novel."

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David Hare recommended We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction in Books (curated)

 
We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction
We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction
Joan Didion | 2006
(0 Ratings)
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"Nearly all of Joan Didion contained in one volume, and therefore more of the late 20th century US than in any other writer."

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