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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... Erik BarnumForthcoming in May -- Order now!
Arrested, and awaiting execution during the siege of Leningrad, Lev and Kolya are instead sent on an outrageous quest. A powerful colonel insists that they secure a dozen eggs for his daughter's wedding cake. The author's portrayal of the desolation of Leningrad is heartbreaking, the city as much a character in this darkly comic novel as his hapless protagonists. This g... read more>>>
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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... Erik BarnumRegrets...I have a few...
One of them is that I didn't discover this amazing guitar virtuoso until recently. Now I am busy scraping the bottom of my piggy bank so I can own his entire discography. Jazzy, tasty, extremely soulful blues with such feeling and expressiveness that I have not been able to listen to anything else for weeks. This is a man that loses himself in what he plays and so do his listeners.
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Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Erik Barnum
I'll make this short and sweet. This is, always has been, and always will be, the perfect novel. Don't argue with me. You know I am right. Someone had the absolutely brilliant idea of having Sissy Spacek read the audiobook. Perfect reader for the perfect novel. Hands down, one of the best audiobooks ever recorded. It's so good, you wish there were two syllables in "Wow!"
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Erik Barnum
 Erik is the Sales Floor Manager of the Northshire Bookstore. His taste in books and music is wildly diverse and sometimes arcane. He likes his authors to be fearless and his musicians to be pure. Loves to read Shakespeare and Phillip Roth, Steinbeck and Pete Dexter. Listens to Muddy Waters and Mel Torme, John Hartford and Al Green. Erik also likes to read about the natural world, being an avid outdoorsy person who enjoys kayaking and hiking the wilds of Vermont.
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