What is it that really matters to us? Of course the particulars differ from person to person. But I’m inclined to believe we are more alike than different. There are commonalities among all persons, despite the fact we are perpetually at each other’s throats, and despite our diverse upbringings, during which we are forced to swallow cultural, political, and religious lies from Day 1. I have nothing against culture, politics, or religion. I am talking…

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BIG name for a book: The Return. Victoria Hislop’s second novel, following her popular debut, The Island. Books titled The Return share with The Iliad, Divine Comedy, and War and Peace a BIG thematic title that promises a BIG delivery. Such works are must-reads for any serious Book Being. Victoria Hislop was thinking BIG. Give her credit for that, but you also have to wonder what she was thinking… I do try to avoid clumsy…

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