Danny Yee's Book Reviews

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It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over (Anne de Marcken) - a "zombie perspective" post-apocalypse novel
Religion in India: A Historical Introduction (Fred W. Clothey) - straightforward and accessible The Hindus: An Alternative History (Wendy Doniger) - down-to-earth and magisterial
The Pastor (Hanne Ørstavik) - finding herself in far-northern Norway
Going to Church in Medieval England (Nicholas Orme) - parish churches: people, practices, paraphernalia, ...
The Indus (Andrew Robinson) - a mysterious "lost" civilisation
Insurrecto (Gina Apostol) - metafiction and massacre: scripting the Philippines

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