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The Conquest of the Incas by John Hemming | 5 | 38.46% | |
Arabian Society in the Middle Ages by Edward Lane | 2 | 15.38% | |
South by Sir Ernest Shackleton | 3 | 23.08% | |
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo | 3 | 23.08% | |
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03-06-2013, 12:42 PM | #1 |
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Non-Fiction Run-Off • March 2013
Help us choose the March 2013 selection to read for the MR Literary Club! The run-off poll will be open for one day.
The run-off vote is single-choice. A discussion thread will begin shortly after a winner is chosen. In the event of a tie, the tie will be resolved in favour of the selection that received all of its initial nominations first. Select from the following works: The Conquest of the Incas by John Hemming Spoiler:
Arabian Society in the Middle Ages by Edward Lane Spoiler:
South by Sir Ernest Shackleton Spoiler:
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo Spoiler:
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03-06-2013, 01:02 PM | #2 |
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I'll be almost equally happy with any of them winning, but I'm pulling for Behind the Beautiful Forevers.
Its abstract mentions a few of these, but it is a very highly regarded book. Boo has won the Pulitzer and received the MacArthur "Genius" grant, the book won the National Book Award and it was a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist. In addition it's also appeared on numerous best-of lists: Spoiler:
And here's another review of the book: Spoiler:
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03-06-2013, 01:34 PM | #3 |
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I read Behind the Beautiful Forevers and really wanted to like it, but I didn't agree with all the praise...Its well written, but it might be that I live in India so know a bit more on its realities than the obviously targeted US readers... but here is a quote from Economist
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I've chosen South instead... Last edited by jmilica; 03-06-2013 at 01:36 PM. |
03-06-2013, 03:19 PM | #4 |
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for me, it had to be the Incas
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03-06-2013, 05:51 PM | #5 |
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Phew - that was tough! I am fascinated by the Hemming book but haven't been able to locate a copy, so I finished up voting for South. I have downloaded Arabian Society from the library as well for reading whether it wins or not, as it sounds very interesting too.
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