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Dear Fellow Booklovers,
It is true that pleasures of working in a bookstore include being able to spend time talking about books with people, and matching books with readers. In that spirit we would like to highlight some of our fiction picks for gift giving and holiday reading this season.
Thank you,
The Staff of Magers & Quinn Booksellers
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|  The third book in the collection of stories of about the Sempere family and their book store in Barcelona. Two stories unfold: One, Barcelona 1957, Christmas time. Daniel Sempere and his family prepare for their friend's wedding and the coming holiday when a mysterious stranger with a dramatic limp and missing digits threatens their happiness. And two, flashback back to the 1940's and the early days of Franco's dictatorship. Fermin Romero de Torres tells his terrifying story of the time he spent in prison and his mysterious connections to Daniel's mother and father. At times a violent and disturbing story, but with redeeming beauty in the goodness of the characters in the end. A page turner! If you were a fan of the first two this one won't disappoint. (Jessi)
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| Leon & Louise, by Alex Capus |  For readers who enjoyed Atonement and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Narrated by Léon's grandson, Léon and Louise is the story of an enduring passion that survives the vicissitudes of world history and the passage of time, spanning more than forty years, and two wars.The main characters are charming and the writing is clever. This European bestseller has been translated from German. (Aaron)
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|  A debut graphic novel from a very talented artist and storyteller, this is a highschool-misfit story with a paranormal twist. I know, there's certainly no shortage of young adult paranormal stories these days, but this is different (really). The characters are believable and engaging, and the story is suspenseful, smart, poignant, and satisfying. And very funny! Fans of skillful cartooning will appreciate the artwork. Anya's Ghost is targeted towards young adults but will charm readers of all ages. (It's not for kids, though!) (Sara)
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|  Originally published in 1980, this epic narrative reads nothing like A Clockwork Orange, the novel with which Burgess is most often associated. Earthly powers is a campy recollection by a third-rate octagenarian novelist, Ken Toomey. For most of the eighty two chapters, he recounts the events of his life, so that the novel is actually a series of linked stories. Toomey is an English popular novelist and playwright, now living abroad, who has known many of the leading literary intellectuals of the century (Ernest Hemmingway, Hermann Hesse, and James Joyce to mention just a few). (Aaron) |
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For the Tolkien fan who has everything, "In foramine terrae habitabat hobbitus. ("In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit.")". Professional classicist and lifelong Tolkien fan, Mark Walker, has translated the entire book, including the transformation of Tolkien's songs and verses into classical Latin metres.
(Mary)
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This is 1Q84 as it was meant to be. Originally released as three separate books in Japan, now American readers can take on Haruki Murakami's hyper-detailed story of romance, religious cults, and Little People who emanate from a dead goat - in an attractive and approachable three-volume box set. A great gift for Murakami obsessives and newcomers alike.
(Anders)
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|  One of the most rewarding and worthwhile collections of stories I have ever read. Englander introduces us to a kaleidoscope of different Jewish characters throughout history and places them in situations confronting their faith and morality. Both hilarious and emotional, this is a rare gem I'd recommend to just about anybody. (Emily)
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|  Winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize. Accomplished British novelist Barnes' short - but wholly expansive - novel explores and plumbs the realm of one aging man's wavering reflections about himself and those keynote people in his past. Blindsided late in life by those from his past still alive, his life-clouded protective memory is lifted, leaving both him and the reader to try to square all the details and come up with something resembling both closure and understanding. (Ed)
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Stephen King gives us his take on a question that has been asked many times, What if JFK had not been killed?
Jake meets a restaurant owner who has a portal to the past in his back room. The quirk of this portal is that it always takes you to the same place and the same point in the past, Sept. 9th 1958. The owner has made many trips to the past-sometimes for things as mundane as buying cheap hamburger to bring back, fry up and sell to the local teens. He has also decided he is going to stop Oswald. Health problems, perhaps brought on from his frequent trips to the past, prevent him from following through with this. He convinces Jake to take over. Jake takes some exploratory trips to the past and then decides he is ready to try and stop Oswald.Because there are doubts about Oswald's guilt, Jake knows he must live in the past and follow Oswald until he is sure he is the only killer. This of course leads to some unexpected consequences. Jake remains committed to plan.
King gives us a detailed look at life in the late fifties, early sixties and as the "Constant Reader" can expect- even works in some references to his other books- most notably It. (Tom) |
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As with A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings, the clothbound editions of Penguin Classics make great gifts for lovers of classic literature and those who still appreciate having a beautiful book on the shelf. Artfully done, (and affordable at $20) the covers tempt you to open them as much as the time-tested stories within It is nice to be reminded that the package in which a book comes can still be as thoughtfully created as the story itself. (Mary)
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