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The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie: Three Novels
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Read from April 02 to 03, 2014
Book 1 - The Notebook
Book 2 - The Proof
Book 3 - The Third Lie
Three novellas rolled into one of the most powerful reads I have experienced about how ordinary people try to cope from day to day in times of war and political upheaval. Does it still have relevance in today's world? You just have to look at Crimea to arrive at the correct answer to that particular question: within a week the area changed nationality, a perimeter minefield was dug in, barbed wires fences raised, old troops replaced by foreign troops, people executed or gone missing, certain books, songs and flags have become unacceptable, curfews in place and Whoosh!! a time-zone change. I bet the people there have either fled or are having to use new tactics just to survive.I'm thinking a re-read will be needed now I know the story; a little more attention to detail to see if there were any cracks I could have prised open earlier.
A fantastic trilogy that was utterly jarring on the emotions and galling in its dispassionate cruelty.
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