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thomas_b | March 24, 2010

Stories of financial collapse can be illuminating at any time, but especially during times of financial collapse. Sometimes a writer of fiction seems to predict the present with such clarity that it leads one to suspect he has a crystal ball; other books reflect on the current times by looking at previous disasters. Three recent [...]

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N_Danford | March 26, 2009

Nobody would deny that times are tough. Money is tight, and discretionary spending is falling as quickly as the unemployment rate is rising. The poor economic climate is bound to have an impact on books and publishing - and, more specifically, on fiction - as it does on just about every other aspect of life.
There’s [...]

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Tags: economy, fiction, grapes of wrath