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Old 11-09-2008, 04:41 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by montsnmags View Post
If you want to feel really bad, I suggest Primo Levi's If This Is A Man, but that might be taking it to a particularly extreme despair beyond that desired. For more of a melancholy tone, perhaps some Annie Proulx. I recommend Accordion Crimes, which I reckon could shake a stick at a "great American novel" title, though The Shipping News might have a less grand aim but greater confluence with your state of mind.

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Marc
Hey thanks, Marc. Sounds blue. Gotta try that one
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