Terrasse à Rome (A Terrace in Rome) - Pascal Quignard BOOK REVIEW

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I found out about Wakefield Press from this review and with the selections I found there, now I can't get enough of it. I even bought my own copy of A Terrace in Rome. I bought a few selections from Wakefield and if you get the chance, I'd like to know what you think about them. You don't have to, of course. It's alright either way. Curl by T. O. Bobe Sens Plastique by Malcolm de Chazal Lesabéndio: An Asteroid Novel by Paul Scheerbert The Massacre of the Innocents by Giambattista Marino

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I couldn't enjoy it. I tried and tried but Clockwork sadly just isn't for me 🫣

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He reviewed The Stand.

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American Sniper?

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OK KEEP DANCING AROUND INFINITE JEST