Category Archives: W.W. Norton & Company

Review: Rustication by Charles Palliser

Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (November 4, 2013) ISBN-10: 0393088723 Source: Publisher It is the winter 1863. Seventeen year old Richard Shenstone has been suspended from Cambridge amid a cloud of suspicion. He seeks temporary solace in a crumbling old mansion … Continue reading

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Review: Quarantine by John Smolens

Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Pegasus (September 5, 2012) ISBN-10: 1605984183 Source: Publisher The trading ship Miranda prepares to sail into the harbor in Newburyport, Massachusetts when it is boarded by the town doctor, Giles Wiggins. The ship, sailing on its … Continue reading

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Mx3 Guest Review: Touch by Alexi Zentner

Hardcover: 264 pages Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company (April 4, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0393079872 (reviewed by Sarah from Word Hits) “Stay off the ice,” wrote Alexi Zentner, as he signed my copy of Touch. I hadn’t yet read the … Continue reading

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Review: Blood Work-A Tale of Medicine & Murder in the Scientific Revolution by Holly Tucker

Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (March 21, 2011) ISBN-10: 0393070557 Source: Publisher In 1667 Jean Denis, a physician, transfused animal blood into the body of Antoine Mauroy, a mentally ill man.  Not once, but several times.  Days … Continue reading

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