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Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:00 AM

Salon Book Awards 2007

From an imaginary history of Alaskan Jews to a compelling glimpse of the CIA, we pick the 10 most pleasurable reading experiences of the year.
By Laura Miller

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  • Tuesday, December 11, 2007 09:05 PM

    poor choices of fiction betray your proclivities

    Far better of choices for fiction would have been to include Water For Elephants - stirring and an affirmation of being human, instead of the damnable hatred of being human, as expressed in that truly fictional account of 'life as if there were no humans'....

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