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37% complete! Ajbarbieri has read 3 of 8 books.

Michel Houellebecq: SUBMISSION (Paperback, 2016, Vintage) 4 stars

It’s 2022. François is bored. He’s a middle-aged lecturer at the New Sorbonne University and …

Did not get the irony at all

2 stars

Not because the scenario is impossible or the issue not to be discussed, but I remember mostly sex scenes and misogynist attitude from the main character which seem to justify the end point. Probably did not get the irony,

John Foot: Blood and Power (2022, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Bloomsbury Publishing) 4 stars

Silent Majority?

4 stars

Quite good overview in particular for the initial phase of Fascismvon how it deals with different historical but not well known characters. I felt later years were covered very quickly. I learned a lot and agree with the epilogue about "silent majority" as a danger to all democracies