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TOME RAIDER: A Mercy, Part I of II

By JOHN MINERVINI
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Each week, WW writer John Minervini brings you the latest in book reviews, author Q&A's and Portland literary gossip. Check wweek.com in coming days for the second half of Tome Raider's two-part review of Toni Morrison's new novel,
(Knopf, 167 pages, $23.95).
A Mercy is Only Skin-Deep
Let me guess:
what's wrong with me? Why am I not enjoying this?
Am I uncultured, a philistine, a boor?
Am I racist?
A Mercy
So here's what you do.
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morrison
Craigslist missed connection
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Check wweek.com in coming days for the second half of Tome Raider's two-part review of Toni Morrison's new novel,
(Knopf, 167 pages, $23.95). Click here to join the Tome Raider mailing list.

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