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The Great Influenza by John M. Barry The Perfect Mile by Neal Bascomb The Friends of Eddie Coyle by George V. Higgins For the Relief of Unbearable Urges by Nathan Englander Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro Heart of a Soldier by James B. Stewart Inside, Outside by Herman Wouk Lenin's Tomb by David Remnick The Tie That Binds by Kent Haruf As a Driven Leaf by Milton Steinberg The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow
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“Any man under 30 who is not a liberal has no heart, and any man over thirty who is not a conservative has no brains.”
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