Duplicate Keys
Format: kindle
ASIN: B009I70Y6G
Publish date: December 1st 2010
Publisher: Anchor
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Book Club,
Literary Fiction,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
New York,
Roman,
Suspense
NOPE. I bought this book not knowing anything about the author. The cover looked pretty so i took it. I've let it sit a year on my shelf before actually deciding to read it. This book is so annoying i gave myself one day to read it and then give it away (more like forcing it on someone).I have nothi...
When I found a Jane Smiley title I'd never heard of before, I decided I'd find out some more about her as an author. She truly is a literary chameleon, interested in taking on different genres and styles, and, two for two, telling a great story. 'Duplicate Keys' centers on Alice Ellis and her close-...
A lesson for me to write a review while it's still hot :( I was finishing the book sitting at Museumplein, being blown by unbelievably relentless wind, not budging because at least it was sunny there and I was just a couple of pages more from closing the book. My hair was completely tangled and my h...
literary author Jane Smiley does a murder mystery, which is cause enough for interest. the central character is fascinatingly and realistically deluded in her understanding of the events unfolding around her and in her lack of comprehension of the inner character of her lifelong friends. this is muc...
The protagonist reminds me very much of the protagonist of A Thousand Acres; unable to discern the motives of others, unable to see anything but the best in people, and willing to twist herself into origami shapes in order to create a truth that allows everyone else to be a good person. I'm not sur...