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This is awesome, thank you!

The book is only $1.99 on Kindle right now.

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Sep 3, 2021Liked by Freddie deBoer

Sweet! I'm excited too. Book isn't arriving until Monday, but I'll catch up afterwards. Genuinely can't wait!

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How do your books clubs work? Do you have virtual meetings on Zoom or is it all written? Thanks. I recommend your writing liberally, licentiously . . . SWG

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“It should go without saying there won’t be any trigger warnings here.” 😂. I liked atonement a lot. Disliked Saturday, Nutshell and On Chesil Beach. Looking forward to a book club!

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"There will be no emails associated with the book clubs; you’ll have to access the site to see the posts, so bookmark that section or set up your RSS feeds." I can't find an RSS feed for just the book section - I don't want to use an RSS feed for your whole substack site because that will just mirror all the email I already receive. How do I follow the book club stuff without repetitively just visiting the web site which I won't remember to do? I did just get a copy of Cement Garden so I'd like to follow along...

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Sadly the ebook is not available in the Kobo store...

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What wankerish things has McEwan done? I liked atonement and I seem to be the only one who thinks that everyone missed the point of machines like me. Anyone got a link for some more background?

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oh hell yeah. i love the cement garden a lot. a very vulgar and taboo-breaking but strangely heartfelt(? in my opinion at least) book about a young family who tried their best in living the anti-oedipal dream and, tho with much trouble and setback, from both outside authoritarian forces and their own naive folly, were definitely not wrong for trying their best. u can already tell i have a lot of hot opinions about this book, and i cant wait to lay em out for a peer group that may or may not like it, but at least will respectfully listen. c: <3

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Never heard of it. Excited to learn! :)

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