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Adam Bregman

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Los Angeles, The United States
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Adam Bregman's debut novel is Angelino Heights. He has written extensively for the L.A. Times and L.A. Weekly, covering every aspect of the city. He has also contributed to more than 40 publications including the Stranger, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Phoenix and OC Weekly. He was born in Los Angeles and currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia. ...more

Average rating: 3.38 · 13 ratings · 6 reviews · 1 distinct work
Angelino Heights

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The Amen Corner by James Baldwin
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I have read the majority of Baldwin's work (most of his essays, four of his novels, his short stories, etc.) and this is the first writing of Baldwin's that I didn't care for. He wrote this play just after his breakout novel, Go Tell It On the Mounta ...more
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I picked this up because I very much enjoyed Richard Rayner's A Bright and Guilty Place, a brief history of gangsterism and corruption in prewar Los Angeles. The Blue Suit is a memoir of his growing up in Yorkshire and London. His father was a lifelo ...more
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The Ambassadors by Henry James
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James Baldwin inspired me to check out Henry James, who he mentions more than once in his essays. The Ambassadors is the only work I have read by James and on the back cover there is a quote from James, where he says he thinks it's his best, so it se ...more
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Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
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Virginia Woolf crafts exquisite sentences like few others have ever been able to. Her elaborate style is hers uniquely. Mrs. Dalloway is her brisk, chapter-less classic that I fell for from the first words. The London street scene at the very beginni ...more
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I picked this up because I very much enjoyed Richard Rayner's A Bright and Guilty Place, a brief history of gangsterism and corruption in prewar Los Angeles. The Blue Suit is a memoir of his growing up in Yorkshire and London. His father was a lifelo ...more
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American Pastoral by Philip Roth
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The first 75 pages or so of American Pastoral are impeccable. I loved the premise. I am a fan of Roth's Zuckerberg character and his description of how the Swede is worshipped while he is growing up, then the odd request to meet for dinner, where the ...more
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