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The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes
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really liked it

It was a solid read. I found it really authentic,and it was based on more protagonist's inner monologues than plots,which I found intriguing.

Here are some memorable lines;

・He understood and he appreciated but he didn't tell her so.Because he couldn't   accept the intimacy which was rising between them. He couldn't endure the knowing it must lead to nothing, no more than the finality of a good-bye, it's been fun knowing you.

・The windows were painted black.Here and again on them were vivid scratches, as if the inmates had,in a sudden attack of claustrophobia,clawed a glimpse of a cleaner world outside.


It was published in around 1965 and behind this novel was racial issues, which reminds me of the novel,A Time to Kill by John Grisham.
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Reading Progress

May 21, 2015 – Shelved as: to-read
May 21, 2015 – Shelved
June 1, 2015 – Started Reading
June 2, 2015 –
page 30
11.9%
June 2, 2015 –
page 36
14.29%
June 4, 2015 –
page 52
20.63%
June 5, 2015 –
page 57
22.62%
June 6, 2015 –
page 65
25.79%
June 6, 2015 –
page 65
25.79%
June 6, 2015 –
page 91
36.11%
June 7, 2015 –
page 100
39.68%
June 7, 2015 –
page 120
47.62%
June 9, 2015 –
page 135
53.57%
June 10, 2015 –
page 170
67.46%
June 11, 2015 –
page 202
80.16%
June 11, 2015 –
page 222
88.1%
June 12, 2015 – Finished Reading

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kohey It was a solid read,and I found it really authentic. Here are some memorable lines;

He understood and he appreciated but he didn't tell her so.Because he couldn't accept the intimacy which was rising between them. He couldn't endure the knowing it must lead to nothing, no more than the finality of a good-bye, it's been fun knowing you.

The windows were painted black.Here and again on them were vivid scratches, as if the inmates had,in a sudden attack of claustrophobia,clawed a glimpse of a cleaner world outside.

It was published in around 1965 and behind this novel was racial issues, which reminds me of the novel,A Time to Kill by John Grisham.


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