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Old 04-23-2015, 04:19 PM   #31
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I'll second King of Lies.

I'd also like to nominate Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene.

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First published in 1959, Our Man in Havana is an espionage thriller, a penetrating character study, and a political satire that still resonates today. Conceived as one of Graham Greene's 'entertainments,' it tells of MI6's man in Havana, Wormold, a former vacuum-cleaner salesman turned reluctant secret agent out of economic necessity. To keep his job, he files bogus reports based on Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare and dreams up military installations from vacuum-cleaner designs. Then his stories start coming disturbingly true.
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Old 04-23-2015, 04:27 PM   #32
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Now look, don't let a strange title put you off, people!

Here are some Goodreads review excerpts for The Raw Shark Texts to tempt you with:

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It has been years since I read The Raw Shark Texts but it still remains as one of the most ambitious, daring and bold debut novels I have had the pleasure to read in my lifetime.

It is an bizarre and resounding melange of everything you can think of which makes it hard to label. As many before me, and many after me, has stated it is as if watching Matrix that takes its influences from Memento. From Da VInci Code. Even from Jaws itself. And still manages to be something astonishingly unique and original in a familiar context...
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For sheer ballsy creativity The Raw Shark Texts is an incendiary word bomb of conceptual fish, mad world hungry pseudo-immortals, movie geekdom, Greek tragedy and cats with mundane names...
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The Raw Shark Texts was released back in 2007 by first time U.K. author, Steven Hall. In some circles, it’s been referred to as some bizarre cross between Jaws and The Matrix with perhaps a little Da Vinci Code thrown in there for good measure. It follows the story of Eric Saunderson who awakes on his bedroom floor without any memories. While the man retains his basic motor functions, he remembers nothing resembling emotions or sense of identity. Shortly upon awaking, Eric finds a note left by the “first Eric Saunderson” with basic instructions on how to resume his life. From this point forward a proverbial can of worms is opened and the mystery unfolds itself in an addictive way, by which I mean, it’s really hard to put this book down...
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Old 04-23-2015, 05:29 PM   #34
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Second Our Man in Havana. I wanted to nominate it myself.
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I'd also like to nominate Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene.

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First published in 1959, Our Man in Havana is an espionage thriller, a penetrating character study, and a political satire that still resonates today. Conceived as one of Graham Greene's 'entertainments,' it tells of MI6's man in Havana, Wormold, a former vacuum-cleaner salesman turned reluctant secret agent out of economic necessity. To keep his job, he files bogus reports based on Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare and dreams up military installations from vacuum-cleaner designs. Then his stories start coming disturbingly true.
I suggest you ask for a refund for this nomination as it is only available as an eBook in the UK and because of this, it won't stand a chance of winning.

It does sound like an interesting book and I would have voted for it, but as I cannot get it as as an eBook in the US, I cannot vote for it.
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Old 04-23-2015, 07:07 PM   #38
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Now look, don't let a strange title put you off, people!

Here are some Goodreads review excerpts for The Raw Shark Texts to tempt you with:
I think you are making it worse.

Since Graham Greene has already been thirded, I'll give you a pity third for Raw Shark.
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I suggest you ask for a refund for this nomination as it is only available as an eBook in the UK and because of this, it won't stand a chance of winning.

It does sound like an interesting book and I would have voted for it, but as I cannot get it as as an eBook in the US, I cannot vote for it.
It's available as an eBook in lots of places other than the UK, even, I'd suggest, in Canada, from which ccowie hails. The Canadian presence is really strong in this club, so perhaps it's time to cease being ugly Americans.

If a book is interesting, I'm willing to read it in the handiest format for me. Even paper.
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Old 04-23-2015, 07:47 PM   #40
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I think you are making it worse.

Since Graham Greene has already been thirded, I'll give you a pity third for Raw Shark.
And that makes 10. I was hoping someone would third that one. It looks very interesting.

Nominations are now closed.
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It's available as an eBook in lots of places other than the UK, even, I'd suggest, in Canada, from which ccowie hails. The Canadian presence is really strong in this club, so perhaps it's time to cease being ugly Americans.

If a book is interesting, I'm willing to read it in the handiest format for me. Even paper.
Canadians are really big on book clubs. I had never run across one before I moved up here. But I have several friends up here who are in one book club or another. Ultimately, that's what got me interested in this one.

The Kobo CA link for the book is: Link. But it's expensive!
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Canadians are really big on book clubs. I had never run across one before I moved up here. But I have several friends up here who are in one book club or another. Ultimately, that's what got me interested in this one.

The Kobo CA link for the book is: Link. But it's expensive!
Well, it's roughly equivalent to US$12 at New Zealand Kobo, but it's couponable and Kobo's got a contest right now.
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...The Kobo CA link for the book is: Link. But it's expensive!
Hmmm....

This is what I see when I follow that link:
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...but Audible has it for $16.95. And Amazon has it in hardback and paperback.
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