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“Bookless in Baghdad: Reflections on Writing and Writers
By Shashi Tharoor
Arcade, 288 pages, $25
This amalgam of essay, literary criticism and memoir blends into a tribute to the world of books–from the London-born author’s childhood savoring Kipling and Pushkin to the ardor of obtaining a book in Iraq. He writes of books “striking through the rough husk that enshrouds our minds to tap into the exhilaration that ferments within.
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