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Uptight Is All Right: 3 Books For Finicky Folks

An uptight man straightens his bow tie.

October 12, 2011 It's fall, and the mood has turned from silly to serious. In keeping with the buttoned-up season, author Martha Southgate lists her favorite books full of fastidious fellows. They might be fussy, but she knows deep down, they're a whole lot of fun.

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Takes One To Know One: A Masterful Irish Novelist

Amongst Women

June 8, 2010 John McGahern struggled for 10 years to write the novel Amongst Women. Fellow Irish author Colm Toibin says it was worth the wait: The pacing of the novel is masterly, he says, and its rhythms are filled with hidden emotion.

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