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<itunes:subtitle>Pulitzer-nominee Charles McNair reviews some of his favorite works</itunes:subtitle>

<itunes:author>AM 1690</itunes:author>

<itunes:summary>Charles McNair is the books editor at Paste Magazine. He is also the author of the novel Land O'Goshen, a 1994 Pultizer Prize nominee for fiction. Every week he stops by to give his insights and review to some of the most historically significant books.</itunes:summary>

<description>Charles McNair is the books editor at Paste Magazine. He is also the author of the novel Land O'Goshen, a 1994 Pultizer Prize nominee for fiction. Every week he stops by to give his insights and review to some of the most historically significant books.</description>

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<title>Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse V</title>

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<itunes:subtitle>Charles McNair Book Reviews</itunes:subtitle>

<itunes:summary>Charles reviews Kurt Vonneguts post-modern literary masterpiece Slaughterhouse V</itunes:summary>

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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:duration>14:08</itunes:duration>

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<title>Walter Huggins - The Friends of Eddie Coyle</title>

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<itunes:subtitle>Charles McNair Book Reviews</itunes:subtitle>

<itunes:summary>Charles reviews Walter Huggins classic novel of mobsters, gun-runners, and bank thieves, The Friends of Eddie Coyle.</itunes:summary>

<description>Charles reviews Walter Huggins classic novel of mobsters, gun-runners, and bank thieves, The Friends of Eddie Coyle.</description>

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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:duration>13:33</itunes:duration>

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<title>T.S. Eliot - Old Possums Book of Practical Cats</title>

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<itunes:subtitle>Charles McNair Book Reviews</itunes:subtitle>

<itunes:summary>T.S. Eliot - Old Possums Book of Practical Cats</itunes:summary>

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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:duration>15:23</itunes:duration>

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<title>Nathaniel West - The Day of the Locust</title>

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<itunes:subtitle>Charles McNair Book Reviews</itunes:subtitle>

<itunes:summary>Charles reviews Nathaniel Wests vivid and excoriating satire of Hollywood, The Day of the Locust. Written in the late 1930s, the book though fictional takes much of its narrative and characters from Wests experiences living on Hollywood Boulevard and working as a struggling screenwriter.</itunes:summary>

<description>Charles reviews Nathaniel Wests vivid and excoriating satire of Hollywood, The Day of the Locust. Written in the late 1930s, the book though fictional takes much of its narrative and characters from Wests experiences living on Hollywood Boulevard and working as a struggling screenwriter.</description>

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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:duration>14:23</itunes:duration>

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<title>H.G. Wells - The Time Machine</title>

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<itunes:subtitle>Charles McNair Book Reviews</itunes:subtitle>

<itunes:summary>H.G. Wells - The Time Machine</itunes:summary>

<description>H.G. Wells - The Time Machine</description>

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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:duration>12:12</itunes:duration>

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<title>Louis L'Amour - High Lonesome</title>

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<itunes:subtitle>Charles McNair Book Reviews</itunes:subtitle>

<itunes:summary>Louis L'Amour - High Lonesome</itunes:summary>

<description>Louis L'Amour - High Lonesome</description>

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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:duration>14:22</itunes:duration>

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<title>Chinuah Achebe - Things Fall Apart</title>

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<itunes:subtitle>Charles McNair Book Reviews</itunes:subtitle>

<itunes:summary>Chinuah Achebe - Things Fall Apart.</itunes:summary>

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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:duration>7:49</itunes:duration>

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<title>Albert Camus - The Stranger</title>

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<itunes:subtitle>Charles McNair Book Reviews</itunes:subtitle>

<itunes:summary>Albert Camus - The Stranger</itunes:summary>

<description>Albert Camus - The Stranger</description>

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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:duration>14:37</itunes:duration>

<itunes:keywords>charles mcnair, albert camus, the stranger, existentialism, french literature, french books</itunes:keywords>

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<title>Carson McCullers - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter</title>

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<itunes:subtitle>Charles McNair Book Reviews</itunes:subtitle>

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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:duration>13:11</itunes:duration>

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<title>Charles Portis - Norwood</title>

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<itunes:subtitle>Charles McNair Book Reviews</itunes:subtitle>

<itunes:summary>Charles Portis - Norwood</itunes:summary>

<description>Charles Portis - Norwood</description>

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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:duration>11:01</itunes:duration>

<itunes:keywords>charles mcnair, charles portis, norwood, paste magazine</itunes:keywords>

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<title>Clyde Edgerton - Rainey</title>

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<itunes:subtitle>Charles McNair Book Reviews</itunes:subtitle>

<itunes:summary>Clyde Edgerton - Rainey</itunes:summary>

<description>Clyde Edgerton - Rainey</description>

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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:duration>13:38</itunes:duration>

<itunes:keywords>charles mcnair, clyde edgerton, rainey, paste magazine</itunes:keywords>

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<title>Cormac McCarthy - Blood Meridian</title>

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<itunes:subtitle>Charles McNair Book Reviews</itunes:subtitle>

<itunes:summary>Cormac McCarthy - Blood Meridian</itunes:summary>

<description>Cormac McCarthy - Blood Meridian</description>

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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:duration>11:05</itunes:duration>

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<title>Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man and the Sea</title>

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<itunes:subtitle>Charles McNair Book Reviews</itunes:subtitle>

<itunes:summary>Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man and the Sea</itunes:summary>

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<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:duration>15:39</itunes:duration>

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<title>Flannery O'Connor - A Good Man is Hard to Find</title>

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<itunes:subtitle>Charles McNair Book Reviews</itunes:subtitle>

<itunes:summary>Flannery O'Connor - A Good Man is Hard to Find</itunes:summary>

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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:duration>15:39</itunes:duration>

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<title>Forrest Carter - The Education of Little Tree</title>

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<itunes:subtitle>Charles McNair Book Reviews</itunes:subtitle>

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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:duration>14:32</itunes:duration>

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<title>George Orwell - Animal Farm</title>

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<itunes:subtitle>Charles McNair Book Reviews</itunes:subtitle>

<itunes:summary>George Orwell - Animal Farm</itunes:summary>

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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:duration>13:02</itunes:duration>

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<title>Ha Jin - A Free Life</title>

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<itunes:subtitle>Charles McNair Book Reviews</itunes:subtitle>

<itunes:summary>Ha Jin - A Free Life</itunes:summary>

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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:duration>5:48</itunes:duration>

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<title>Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird</title>

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<itunes:subtitle>Charles McNair Book Reviews</itunes:subtitle>

<itunes:summary>Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird</itunes:summary>

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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:duration>10:22</itunes:duration>

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<title>Walker Percy - The Moviegoer</title>

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<itunes:subtitle>Charles McNair Book Reviews</itunes:subtitle>

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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:duration>12:29</itunes:duration>

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<title>Heather McElhatton - Pretty Little Mistakes</title>

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<itunes:subtitle>Charles McNair Book Reviews</itunes:subtitle>

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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:duration>7:40</itunes:duration>

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<title>Herman Melville - Moby Dick</title>

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<itunes:subtitle>Charles McNair Book Reviews</itunes:subtitle>

<itunes:summary>Herman Melville - Moby Dick</itunes:summary>

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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:duration>14:59</itunes:duration>

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