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J. David Osborne

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in Springfield, VA, The United States

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http://www.brokenriverbooks.com

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Crime, Fiction

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	By The Time We Leave Here, We’ll Be Friends by J. David Osborne (Goodreads Author), Jeremy Robert Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Afterword) 4.06 avg rating — 392 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Gum 4.05 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Low Down Death Right Easy 4.14 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Blood In Its Blind Circuit 3.82 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Minor Storm 4.48 avg rating — 65 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dying World (Gods Fare No Better, #1) 4.41 avg rating — 46 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Pray for Dry Weather at the Sight of the Sun: A Strand Essay by J. David Osborne (Goodreads Author), Tony McMillen (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Michael Kazepis (Goodreads Author) (Designer) 4.65 avg rating — 34 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tomahawk 4.61 avg rating — 31 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gods Fare No Better 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Joy of Killing Coyotes (God$ Fare no Better, #1) 4.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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J. Osborne is currently reading Battle Royale by Koushun Takami	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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J. Osborne rated a book it was amazing AFX8CCD by Nicholas Rall	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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J. Osborne rated a book really liked it Sleep Capricorn: Stories by Jack Norman	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is clearly an extremely talented writer. The prose is that type of good you don't see often anymore. I would've liked a bit more variety in the stories, but there are two or three in here that are all-timers. The first story fascinated me: Norma ...more
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J. Osborne rated a book it was amazing Liturgies of the Wild: Myths That Make Us by Martin Shaw	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Far and away my contender for book of the year. There is a clarity to Shaw's prose that communicates as well as it makes you think. "Blue feather language" indeed. This is not polemical at all, in fact it shows us a new way to make a case: through st ...more
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J. Osborne finished reading A Hero Born (Legends of the Condor Heroes, #1) by Jin Yong	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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J. Osborne and 8 other people liked Grant Wamack's review of Berserker Club: "The cool thing about J. David Osborne is he's constantly expanding and getting better at his craft with each book. He takes those crime fiction sensibilities he's honed to a sharpened point and guts you with an intense mindfuck of a novel. A backwood" Read more of this review »
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J. Osborne and 2 other people liked Kelby Losack's review of Berserker Club: "Since his first joint dropped back in 2011 or whenever it was, my boy JDO been putting the gory in allegory and spinning mystic trailer trash yarns that are always in essence about the concept of Story itself. The characters and events in BERSERKER C" Read more of this review »
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J. Osborne rated a book it was amazing Crowbar by Andrew Edwards	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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J. Osborne rated a book it was amazing The Earthen Dark by Brad Kelly (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I’m convinced, though I’m no expert in biology, if you cut a dog’s brain open it would just be a perfect little human brain, with none of the bad parts.”
― J. David Osborne, By The Time We Leave Here, We'll Be Friends

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