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Mme. Defarge

(8,025 posts) Sun Jan 31, 2021, 12:52 AM Jan 2021

Death of the Party

Sometimes I just need what I like to think of as a “comfort read” and this is my latest one. It’s an early 21st Century whodunnit, with a minor political angle, but the title jumps out at me today in a way that it did not back when I bought the book.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/614404.Death_of_the_Party

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Death of the Party (Original Post) Mme. Defarge Jan 2021 OP

My God, the phrase "early 21st century whodunnit" makes me feel old... First Speaker Jan 2021 #1

Can see why the title jumped out to you. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2021 #2

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

1. My God, the phrase "early 21st century whodunnit" makes me feel old...

Reply to Mme. Defarge (Original post)

Sun Jan 31, 2021, 01:04 AM

Jan 2021

...what year is it again? Can we impeach Nixon, ya think? Does anyone think that Reggie Jackson will make the Hall of Fame? When does Gore Vidal's next novel come out? Excuse me, as my tape self-destructs in five seconds...

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)

2. Can see why the title jumped out to you.

Reply to Mme. Defarge (Original post)

Sun Jan 31, 2021, 02:34 AM

Jan 2021

Watching what's going on in the republican party.....

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