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From: mark@rochester.UUCP
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Subject: Summer reads
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Date: Wed, 20-Jul-83 00:40:47 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 20 00:40:47 1983
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I've just finished devouring "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John
Nichols. It's a great summer read. I found it a combination of
amusing stories, bittersweet ironies and splendid characterizations.
It's a perfect summer book - no hard thinking required!

I'm also working on "The Art of Eating" by M.F.K. Fisher. If you
don't mind getting hungry while you read, it's a most amusing
book. Oyster fans MUST read "Consider the Oyster".

I've also read "The Puzzle Palace" (Bramford (sp?)) - an expose'
(that's a grave accent) on the NSA. A bit hyperbolic in places, but
overall, fairly entertaining (for certain types, very frightening).

Finally, I read "The Chilly Scenes of Winter" by Anne Beattie. 
Very strange - it gave me the willies. Her characters are real
enough to be believed and yet bizarre enough to frighten you.
The ending surprised me.

Anyone out there care to reccommend a particular Joyce Carol Oates
to me? And why do I find Henry Miller so boring?

Turnin' those pages in Rochester, New York...

Mark.