J. Pechenik

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..."Gideon's Day" by J.J. Marric is sold as part of the Gideon Omnibus, a collection of fictional stories about a Scotland Yard senior superintendent of enormous stature and presence, from the mid-fifties. The tales are skilfully written with an effortlessly readable metre. If you are after a gritty, police detective novel then I would advise you to look elsewhere. The appeal of "Gideon's Day" lies in its ability to be so unpretentious. It is not poetry, nor a political statement, nor an exposé on all that is 'wrong with the police', nor an attempt to shock the reader. No! It is simply a fast paced, entertaining, but believable novel, by an author who realises that in writing, as in any business, you only succeed by giving the public what they want.... Read review

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Advantages: Interesting ideas and new translation
Disadvantages: A bit controversial, but then, that's not necessarily a disadvantage

...Harold Bloom's 'The Book of J' caused quite a stir when it first was published. The book contains both introductory essays on authorship, a discussion of the theory of different texts being used to make up the books of the Bible (the Documentary Hypothesis), some historical context, and translation notes. The bulk of the book consists of David Rosenberg's new translation of the J text, that text having been separated and isolated from the other source texts of the Torah (first five books of the Bible). The concluding section contains essays by Bloom on different characters and themes in the text, as well as some modern theoretical analysis of the text, isolated as it is in this volume from the greater mass of material in the Bible. There is a brief appendix by Rosenberg with notes specifically geared toward translation issues... Read review

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Disadvantages: i couldnt w**k for a week

...i think this book was a post modernist masterpiece which captures the life and loves of a gay samuri in a hard harsh world. wouldnt we like to have a way to fla\unt our sexuality but for the samuri he couldnt it is so hard fore hikm why couldnt he be gay and PROUD!!!!!!!!!! like me!!!!!! s f g hg fg sd d f fmn kjb kjn ckjn jhk jn kjn kjnkj n kjn kjn kjn kjn kjn kjn kjn kjnkj nk nkj nkjn kjn kjn kjn nj h hh h h h hh jk jh uh u hj dfjkgnkjdfg dfj gfn gkj bfjk mnvf b gbf fv gf h g hgg gffg g hbg fsghg hngfn btrh t h t g h h hjh j h b h h hh h h h h h h h h j k i ikc dh fdfihdfigijhfdi ih jjn n n nn n n nn nn nn nn n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n nn n n n n jh bj bkjkj kjnkj n kj jnk jkjn jk jn j kj j j j jj jj nj nj nj jn jjj jkj ui io j jji ji ji jio jio... Read review

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