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Barry Stewart Levy

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Barry Stewart Levy is a former English teacher who also worked as a Literary Artist for the Cultural Council Foundation/CETA Artists Project, co-authoring the topical revue “New Living Newspaper, Vol. 1, No. 2” (Playwrights Horizons), writing poetry for the anthology “Words to Go” and conducting interviews for the publication ArtWorkers News. He was a reporter for Gotham Newsmagazine and a freelance game show writer for NBC’s “Shoot for the Stars.” He is the recipient of the Clarence Kline Essay Prize and was a semi-finalist in the Writers Guild of America, East, Fellowship Competition. “European Son: a novella” is his first work of fiction.

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European Son: a novella

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Book Review #157

A Legacy of Spies
by John le Carre

A good book, though an overly complicated one, that unfortunately meanders from one plot point to another over several timelines.

Le Carre's novel is, as you would expect, very British, sly and intelligent. However, this one is also particularly detailed in espionage jargon.

Unfortunately, I did not care for the premise of the book which hearkens back to "The Spy Who Read more of this blog post »

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The Fall (Vintage International)

by Albert Camus

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