http://nohablo.vox.com/library/posts/tags/fiction/page/1/ Squalid and Moving en Vox Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:29:59 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss fiction http://nohablo.vox.com/library/post/fwashman.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(nohablo) http://nohablo.vox.com/library/post/fwashman.html?_c=feed-rss http://nohablo.vox.com/library/post/fwashman.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:29:59 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://nohablo.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225254ef0f21900e398ecb1bf0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c225254ef0f21900e398ecb1bf0004-50si" alt="Spring" /></a> <a href="http://nohablo.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225254ef0f21900e398ecc0040005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c225254ef0f21900e398ecc0040005-50si" alt="Flashman: A Novel (Flashman)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> FLASHMAN: A NOVEL; GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER Introducing the shining beacon of the Queen's Empire and a true Crown Jewel of England! Flashman is what Forrest Gump would have been if Forrest Gump were a pompous, shameless, endlessly horny homunculus... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://nohablo.vox.com/library/post/fwashman.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225254ef0f21900f48d09d77e0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> favorite fiction reviews books novel 2008 bang out with your wang out http://nohablo.vox.com/library/post/decline-and-fall-waugh.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(nohablo) http://nohablo.vox.com/library/post/decline-and-fall-waugh.html?_c=feed-rss http://nohablo.vox.com/library/post/decline-and-fall-waugh.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:34:54 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://nohablo.vox.com/library/book/6a00c225254ef0f21900e398e32cfd0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c225254ef0f21900e398e32cfd0004-50si" alt="Decline and Fall" /></a> <a href="http://nohablo.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225254ef0f21900f48ce1a2af0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c225254ef0f21900f48ce1a2af0003-50si" alt="IMG_1370" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Decline and Fall; Evelyn Waugh Terrible things happen to Paul Pennyfeather, testing his stiff British upper lip and endless supply of Valium. 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Sayers Mysterious circumstances and his own curiosity pull Lord Peter Wimsey out of a life of foppish luxury into a life of foppish luxury, grisly tension, and glamorous detective work. 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After all, it has all of my sensitive, Freudian soft spots. Intense sibling rivalry? Check! Sullen teenage griping? Check! Overwrought Biblical references? Check*! 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Wodehouse P.G. Wodehouse is my safety blanket. Last year, after a relentless depressive onslaught of We Wish to Inform You, I, Claudius, and One Hundred Years of Solitude, I turned to Wodehouse to ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://nohablo.vox.com/library/post/the-return-of-jeeves-sunset-at-blandings-wodehouse.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225254ef0f21900e398993bad0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fiction reviews books wodehouse