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Lawrence Block • In the Midst of Death (Matthew Scudder Book 3)
Thereafter, Florida continued to live up to its position as the southernmost state with among the most heinous acts of terrorism committed anywhere in the South. Violence had become such an accepted fact of life that, in 1950, the Florida governor’s special investigator, Jefferson Elliott, observed that there had been so many mob executions in one
... See moreIsabel Wilkerson • The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
glib.
Gillian Flynn • Gone Girl: A Novel
The capacity to suffer. Elwood—all the Nickel boys—existed in the capacity. Breathed in it, ate in it, dreamed in it. That was their lives now. Otherwise they would have perished. The beatings, the rapes, the unrelenting winnowing of themselves. They endured. But to love those who would have destroyed them? To make that leap? We will meet your phys
... See moreColson Whitehead • The Nickel Boys
He was sickened by the realization that a great part of his own assets—that is, the assets of his bank—were no longer assets at all. Of what use were Treasury bonds and notes when there was no Treasury? What good were the municipal bonds of Tampa, Jacksonville, and Miami when there were no municipalities?
Pat Frank • Alas, Babylon: A Novel (Harper Perennial Olive Edition)
