philosophy/religion – Confessions of a Bibliophile

2008: #94 – Living with the Truth (Jim Murdoch)

November 3, 2008 0 Comment

Book #94 was Living with the Truth by Jim Murdoch. The back of the book reads: Picture, for a moment, Jonathan Payne, probably the last person in the world you would expect to be the lead character in anybody’s novel, a faded old bookseller nearing the end of a wasted life. We meet him alone in his flat in a seaside town in the

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2005: #75 – Under the Banner of Heaven (Jon Krakauer)

December 28, 2005January 15, 2021

Book #75 was Under the Banner of Heaven, by Jon Krakauer. I read this book as a matter of curiosity. It was actually recommended to us by Scott’s brother, who is married to a Mormon girl. And really, I’ve learned more about Mormonism in the last 5 years than I’ve known my whole live. And not just from my sister-in-law — my sister married a