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Library Director Glenn’s Pick

Posted on February 21, 2018October 11, 2017 by Avon Adult Reference

DisgraceDisgrace / J.M. Coetzee (1999 fiction, F Coetzee)
In a novel set in post-apartheid South Africa, a fifty-two-year-old college professor who has lost his job for sleeping with a student tries to relate to his daughter, Lucy, who works with an ambitious African farmer.

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Posted in What To ReadTagged Glenn, historical fiction

Library Director Glenn’s Pick

Posted on December 4, 2017October 10, 2017 by Avon Adult Reference

PatiencePatience / by Daniel Clowes (2016 adult graphic novel, Graphic Clowes)
A psychedelic science-fiction love story from the author of “Ghost World” veers from violent destruction to deeply personal tenderness.

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Posted in What To ReadTagged Glenn, graphic novel

Library Director Glenn’s Pick

Posted on November 22, 2017October 10, 2017 by Avon Adult Reference

SavagesSavages / Don Winslow (2010 fiction, F Winslow)
Running a lucrative marijuana operation in Laguna Beach, sometime environmentalist Ben and mercenary Chon confront a dangerous adversary in the Mexican Baja cartel, which kidnaps their playmate and confidante Ophelia, compelling the duo to plot ingenious negotiations.

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Posted in What To ReadTagged fiction, Glenn

Library Director Glenn’s Pick

Posted on October 25, 2017October 6, 2017 by Avon Adult Reference

Ghost WorldGhost world / by Daniel Clowes (2001 graphic novel, Graphic Clowes)
A collection of eight interconnected stories follows the friendship between two teenage girls, Enid and Rebecca.

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Posted in What To ReadTagged comic book, Glenn, graphic novel

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