The Last Samurai
by Helen DeWitt
Recommended by Diana Kimball and Ken Tremendous
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Fiction.
Helen DeWitt?s 2000 debut, The Last Samurai, was ?destined to become a cult classic? (Miramax). The enterprising publisher sold the rights in twenty countries, so ?Why not just, ?destined to become a classic?? (Garth Risk Hallberg) And why must cultists tell the uninitiated it has nothing to do with Tom CruiseSibylla, an AmericanatOxford turned...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Fiction.
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Diana Kimball
“Look I don?t have any idea what the best books of the decade were but I?m ending the ?teens reading The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt and it?s incredible. How did of you tell me about this book until now, you jerks, you heathens! | Look I don’t have any idea what the best books of the decade were but I’m ending the ‘teens reading The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt and it’s incredible. How did of you tell me about this book until now, you jerks, you heathens!”
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