http://www.samuelshem.com/v2 The Official Web Site of Samuel Shem Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:49:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.samuelshem.com/v2/perfect-bookend/ http://www.samuelshem.com/v2/perfect-bookend/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:47:58 +0000 samuelshem http://www.samuelshem.com/v2/?p=286 “THE SPIRIT OF THE PLACE is a perfect bookend to his classic THE HOUSE OF GOD.” (Diversion Magazine)

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- James Carroll, National Book Award Winner and author of House of War

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-Harvard Club of NY Bulletin

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