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Review:Originally published in Switzerland, and gracefully translated into English by Carol Brown Janeway, The Reader
is a brief tale about sex, love, reading, and shame in postwar Germany. Michael Berg is 15 when he begins a long, obsessive affair with Hanna, an enigmatic
older woman. He never learns very much about her, and when she disappears one day, he expects never to see her again. But, to his horror, he does. Hanna is a
defendant in a trial related to Germany's Nazi past, and it soon becomes clear that she is guilty of an unspeakable crime. As Michael follows the trial, he struggles
with an overwhelming question: What should his generation do with its knowledge of the ...
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Review:Pratchett (of Discworld fame) and Gaiman (of Sandman fame) may seem an unlikely combination, but the topic
(Armageddon) of this fast-paced novel is old hat to both. Pratchett's wackiness collaborates with Gaiman's morbid
humor; the result is a humanist delight to be savored and reread again and again. You see, there was a bit of a mixup
when the Antichrist was born, due in part to the machinations of Crowley, who did not so much fall as saunter
downwards, and in part to the mysterious ways as manifested in the form of a part-time rare book dealer, an angel
named Aziraphale. Like top agents everywhere, they've long had more in common with each...
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