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Date Posted: 09:17:22 05/24/00 Wed
Author: Marla
Subject: My Pick

Dave, your pick both excites and scares me. I'm loathe to admit that I've never heard of Saramago, and look forward to jumping into this one. Of course, I'm still 260 pages from the end of Twain (Yes, I'm reading the whole thing!), and my birthday will probably have come and gone before I get into your novel. Still, it's something to anticipate...

That said, my pick is Michael Shaara's Civil War novel, "The Killer Angels." It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1974 and is the basis for the film "Gettysburg." It's also apparently one of the best historical novels about the Civil War and has a very vocal fan base. Just a footnote: Michael Shaara's son, Jeff, wrote two "sequels" to the novel which were equally well-received. "Gods and Generals" and "The Last Full Measure" complete what is reportedly a very entertaining, historically solid trilogy about the CW.

Let me know if you have trouble finding it. It's definitely purchaseable online at good old bn.com.

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