What's a man gotta do to sell a book in this town? I'm really disappointed in book sales, so I'm trotting out some hot numbers.
Opus Dei by John L. Allen
There's an Opus Dei chapter in Tallinn and wouldn't you like to know what they're up to? Secretly controlling the government? (No, that's the Masons.) Sacrificing barnyard animals when the moon is full? (No, that's parliament's crocodile commission.) Get all the dirt on Opus Dei, which will turn out not to be so dirty. A fine read. Penguin paperback with the smallish type. 125 EEK.
Gulag a History by Anne Applebaum
A nice companion for Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago. A bit more dry, as Ms. Applebaum wasn't herself incarcerated. Brand, spankin' new; not a mark on it. Penguin paperback with small type. 150 EEK.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway
Worth it if only for "Killers" (the thugs who eat with their gloves on will remind of you of a few local restaurants) and "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" (the classic tale of why not to hunt with your wife). Scribner paperback edition which used to belong to Brian Somebody. 50 EEK.
If you'd like a book, write me at v.vikerkaar@gmail.com.
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