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Quick look: Hard Rain Falling, by Don Carpenter

July 08, 2025 in Bookshelf, Quick looks, Reviews

The style is plain and simple, and all the more powerful for that.

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Quick look: Hard Rain Falling, by Don Carpenter

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The style is plain and simple, and all the more powerful for that.

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The book includes the obituary writer who can hardly wait for his subjects to drop dead so that he can at last see his work in print.

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Once again I am presenting you with two very slightly different reviews of the same book.

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Once again I am presenting you with two very slightly different reviews of the same book. The first is the review I sent in to the editor of Teach Secondary magazine. The second is what was actually published.

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Quick looks: The Great Exchange: Making the news in early modern Europe

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Quick look: The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories

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These stories really provide a short glimpse into a culture of which I am almost completely ignorant.

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In this article, I republish a review of mine that was first published in Teach Secondary magazine. Next, there follows the article I actually sent in. The differences are only minor, but I thought you might find it interesting to examine the differences, and consider what difference they make, if any, to your experience and understanding of the review.

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