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Paul S. Collins

Auteur de Sixpence House

12+ oeuvres 4,111 utilisateurs 184 critiques

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The future dictionary of America (2004) — Contributeur — 627 exemplaires
English As She Is Spoke (1855) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions472 exemplaires
La femme changée en renard (1922) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions396 exemplaires
Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times (2005) — Contributeur — 254 exemplaires
The Best American Essays 2012 (2012) — Contributeur — 228 exemplaires
The Riddle of the Traveling Skull (1934) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions181 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 4: Trying, Trying, Trying, Trying, Trying (2000) — Contributeur — 163 exemplaires
Plotto: The Master Book of All Plots (1928) — Avant-propos, quelques éditions121 exemplaires
The Lunatic at Large (1899) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions113 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 3: Windfall Republic (1999) — Contributeur — 95 exemplaires
To Ruhleben - And Back: A Great Adventure in Three Phases (1916) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions88 exemplaires
How to Do Nothing with Nobody All Alone by Yourself (1800) — Introduction, quelques éditions86 exemplaires
McSweeney's Issue 2: Blues/Jazz Odyssey (1999) — Contributeur — 71 exemplaires
Curious Men (2008) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions64 exemplaires
The Rector and the Rogue (1968) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions54 exemplaires
Read Harder: Five More Years of Great Writing from the Believer (2014) — Contributeur — 37 exemplaires
Lapham's Quarterly - The Future: Volume IV, Number 4, Fall 2011 (2011) — Contributeur — 23 exemplaires

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If you are interested in the Hamilton/Burr duel-choose another title. The author may have misled people in putting duel in the title, but I won't quibble with much else. Enjoyable to see how a homicide was "investigated" ( practically not at all) and prosecuted in the days of early America. Sme folks complained that there was not enough to get a sense of the characters, but, considering how long ago it was and how little would remain of your average citizen- I thought he did a great job
 
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cspiwak | 28 autres critiques | Mar 6, 2024 |
true crime is my guilty secret-but when it is well done, it is as good as any fiction. This was really well done. You get a sense of the time, the society, the role that newspapers played in making the news instead of just reporting it. Really enjoyed
 
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cspiwak | 39 autres critiques | Mar 6, 2024 |
While doing research for a class one of the SFPL librarians mentioned that this book might be helpful. The title sounded familiar, but it wasn't until she brought over the book that the lightening hit: the author was Paul S. Collins. His book "Sixpence House" is wonderful (feel free to check my review), and in that book he actually mentions working on this book. How perfect that my schoolwork connected me to it!

Anyway, the book is great. Some of the stories are less interesting than others, but even so the writing is brilliant throughout. Bonus: one of the stories describes a specific location in San Francisco, and using Google Maps Street View you can actually see what he's talking about.


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blueskygreentrees | 17 autres critiques | Jul 30, 2023 |
This is the book I wish I had written. There is a specific plot - moving from San Francisco to Hay-on-Wye - but there are a lot of tangents that are all about books books books, which to me is great great great. This is now in my top favorite books.
 
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