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CrispyQ

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10. "The Improbability of Love" by Hannah Rothschild

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Thu Aug 18, 2016, 11:22 AM

Aug 2016

The last 2-3 books I've read took place in WWII. The jacket of this book says it's wickedly funny, so I thought a change of pace would be nice. I'm about a third of the way through & it isn't wickedly funny, but it is interesting. A woman finds a painting in a junk shop & likes it & buys it. The human characters are all written 3rd person, but the painting is a POV character, too & is written in 1st person. Unusual, but it's working. I find myself really looking forward to the painting's chapters.

BTW, I'm looking for some good hit man stories.

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What are you reading this week of August 14, 2016? [View all] hermetic Aug 2016 OP

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Wow, thanks! hermetic Aug 2016 #2

Oh, and welcome to DU hermetic Aug 2016 #3

Cool! Spiggitzfan Aug 2016 #4

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"The Improbability of Love" by Hannah Rothschild CrispyQ Aug 2016 #10