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The Walrus Said reviews: 2011

(click on a title for an exclusive review) A Rule Against Murder, by Louise Penny A Trick of the Light, by Louise Penny Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell Blindspot, by Jane Kamensky and Jill Lepore Bury Your Dead, by Louise Penny Confederates in the Attic, by Tony Horwitz Death in the City of Light, by David King 11/22/63, by Stephen King Empire, by Steven Saylor Evangeline, by Ben Farmer Harriet and Isabella, by Patricia O'Brien Lafayette and the American Revolution, by Russell Freedman Parrot and Olivier in America, by Peter Carey Persona Non Grata, by Ruth Downie Pirates of the Levant, by Arturo Pérez-Reverte Tabloid City, by Pete Hamill The Brutal Telling, by Louise Penny The Civil War: A Visual History The Cruelest Month, by Louise Penny The Dog Who Came in from the Cold, by Alexander McCall Smith The Greater Journey, by David McCullough The Imperfectionists, by Tom Rachman The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick The Last of the Mohicans (Marvel Illustrated), by James Fenimore Cooper The Rebellion of Jane Clarke, by Sally Gunning The Wolves of Andover, by Kathleen Kent Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel 



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