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1058871

Anonymous Fri Aug 20 12:52:24 2010 No.1058871 [Reply] [Original]

I just bought this for $1
Has anyone ever read it/thoughts?

>>	Truman Capote !kwxizAOFlk Fri Aug 20 13:01:24 2010 No.1058875 Highly accurate and informative in exposing one of the most monstrous men of the 20th century.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 20 13:08:24 2010 No.1058885 tl;dr mao was mean

>>	OrganicCocaine !ZqMZzC7CE. Fri Aug 20 13:44:24 2010 No.1058909 wild swans is way better

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 20 13:44:24 2010 No.1058910 You got tht for a dollar? Its got more then a dollar of wood in the damn thing.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 20 13:54:24 2010 No.1058917 >>1058910 My library was having a booksale

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 20 14:41:24 2010 No.1059042 As I understand it the book is riddled with huge factual errors.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 20 18:42:24 2010 No.1059617 Mao bump.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 20 18:51:24 2010 No.1059652 it's ok very selective with its sourcing, general evidence, bit of a polemic wild swans is much better

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 20 18:52:24 2010 No.1059657 File: 51 KB, 400x400, 122571386342.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>more then

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 20 18:56:24 2010 No.1059667 It's incredibly biased against Mao and it's factually questionable. A terrible, terrible book.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 20 19:01:24 2010 No.1059679 It's weird seeing pictures of mao not old and fat

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 20 20:00:24 2010 No.1059878 File: 248 KB, 345x422, dealwithit.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1059657