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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 08:15 PM

    Nice list, but...

    what's with the poor gender representation? Were the women writers just not making their sentences jump through hoops this year? Were they just writing plain old good stories that didn't try to beat Joyce at his own game?

    Alas, where is Marisha Pessl when we need her to wow the critics with some overwrought, showoffy prose and join the ranks of the big boys wielding their mighty pens?

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