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"My first of Backman’s and it was lovely and nostalgic yet a bit long in the tooth. The characters needed to feel more grounded in reality, they all feel a bit too character-y. Overall though it makes your heart swell at times."
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"The writing in this book was so relaxed and cool, but covered some really intense topics. I love a book that details a life and this was a fantastic journey. It covers the major moments in Istvan's life that created the man he becomes by the end."
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"From Booker Prize-shortlisted author David Szalay, a stunning and visceral portrait of a life--full of attraction, desire, strength, fragility, and hurt. István grows up alone with his mother in a small town in Hungary. He is hard to know,...
