Malcolm Barrett rated The Sellout: 4 stars
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, …
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Malcolm Barrett rated A Guide to Japanese Grammar: 5 stars
Malcolm Barrett rated Blue horses: 4 stars
Blue horses by Mary Oliver
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Primitive presents a new collection of poems that reflects her signature imagery-based language and …
Malcolm Barrett rated Bewilderment: 4 stars
Bewilderment by Richard Powers
The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death …
Malcolm Barrett rated 克拉拉与太阳: 5 stars
克拉拉与太阳 by Kazuo Ishiguro, 宋佥
克拉拉是一个专为陪伴儿童而设计的太阳能人工智能机器人（AF），具有极高的观察、推理与共情能力。她坐在商店展示橱窗里，注视着街头路人以及前来浏览橱窗的孩子们的一举一动。她始终期待着很快就会有人挑中她，不过，当这种永久改变境遇的可能性出现时，克拉拉却被提醒不要过分相信人类的诺言。
在《克拉拉与太阳》这部作品中，石黑一雄通过一位令人难忘的叙述者的视角，观察千变万化的现代社会，探索了一个根本性的问题：究竟什么是爱？
Malcolm Barrett rated Beginning Rust: From Novice to Professional: 3 stars
Malcolm Barrett rated The Last Temptation of Christ: 4 stars
Malcolm Barrett rated A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: 5 stars
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his MFA …
Malcolm Barrett rated The Rust Programming Language: 5 stars
The Rust Programming Language by Carol Nichols, Steve Klabnik
The Rust Programming Language is the official book on Rust: an open source systems programming language that helps you write …
Malcolm Barrett rated Never Let Me Go: 4 stars
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Kathy, a clone about to donate all her organs and die, reflects on her past about her school and the …
Malcolm Barrett rated Git for Teams: 4 stars
Malcolm Barrett rated Remains of the Day: 5 stars
Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Penguin Reader , Level 6 (3000 words))
In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take …
Malcolm Barrett rated Working in Public: 4 stars
Working in Public by Nadia Eghbal
An inside look at modern open source software development and its influence on our online social world.
Open source software, …
Malcolm Barrett rated Essentialism: 3 stars
Essentialism by Greg McKeown
Essentialism isn't about getting more done in less time. It's about getting only the right things done. Have you ever …
