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Alex (Roast Beef fan account) Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Roast Beef (2010-2023) trivia, photographs, minutiae, anecdotes, quotes, etc. Words in SFGate, the Ringer, GQ, Complex, Deadspin, Vice, the New Yorker

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Book Cover for: The Armageddon Rag, George R. R. Martin

The Armageddon Rag

George R. R. Martin
Alex (Roast Beef fan account)Alex (Roast Beef fan account)

Really happy for George R.R. Martin, New York Jets fan and author of "The Armageddon Rag"

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Book Cover for: Romance, Joseph Conrad

Romance

Joseph Conrad
Alex (Roast Beef fan account)Alex (Roast Beef fan account)

I love reading David Milch interviews. Someone asks like "What would have happened in Luck Season 2" and he's like "With Nostromo, Joseph Conrad said that he had wanted to write a novel about the degradation of an idea" and I'm like hell yes exactly

Hardcover, 2020

$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Devil House, John Darnielle

Devil House

John Darnielle
Alex (Roast Beef fan account)Alex (Roast Beef fan account)

Howdy friends, I had the strange honor to talk to John Darnielle (@mountain_goats) about his new novel "Devil House" and the little Bay Area city that inspired it: Milpitas https://t.co/je4WVZmr4t

Paperback, 2022

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Nostromo, Joseph Conrad

Nostromo

Joseph Conrad
Alex (Roast Beef fan account)Alex (Roast Beef fan account)

I love reading David Milch interviews. Someone asks like "What would have happened in Luck Season 2" and he's like "With Nostromo, Joseph Conrad said that he had wanted to write a novel about the degradation of an idea" and I'm like hell yes exactly

Hardcover, 2021

$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time', Robert Jordan

The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time'

Robert Jordan
Alex (Roast Beef fan account)Alex (Roast Beef fan account)

The only book I liked at 13 was "The Shadow Rising" by Robert Jordan. https://t.co/jYSnDsFPYZ

Paperback, Mass Market, 2019

$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Dead Walk Diaries: Night, Joe Young

The Dead Walk Diaries: Night

Joe Young
Alex (Roast Beef fan account)Alex (Roast Beef fan account)

Neil Young picking a fight with Joe Rogan? GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK!

Paperback, 2007

$12.97$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Ron Hansen

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Ron Hansen
Alex (Roast Beef fan account)Alex (Roast Beef fan account)

Looks like we won't be getting "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Part 2" anytime soon...

Paperback, 2007

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard: NOVEL, Joseph Conrad

Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard: NOVEL

Joseph Conrad
Alex (Roast Beef fan account)Alex (Roast Beef fan account)

I love reading David Milch interviews. Someone asks like "What would have happened in Luck Season 2" and he's like "With Nostromo, Joseph Conrad said that he had wanted to write a novel about the degradation of an idea" and I'm like hell yes exactly

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Book Cover for: Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard: (Annotated Edition), Joseph Conrad

Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard: (Annotated Edition)

Joseph Conrad
Alex (Roast Beef fan account)Alex (Roast Beef fan account)

I love reading David Milch interviews. Someone asks like "What would have happened in Luck Season 2" and he's like "With Nostromo, Joseph Conrad said that he had wanted to write a novel about the degradation of an idea" and I'm like hell yes exactly

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Book Cover for: Once More Unto the Breach, Dear Friends: Incomplete Theory and Complete Bibliography, Irving Louis Horowitz

Once More Unto the Breach, Dear Friends: Incomplete Theory and Complete Bibliography

Irving Louis Horowitz
Alex (Roast Beef fan account)Alex (Roast Beef fan account)

Seems clear now that Flippy the Flip Phone was the good luck charm, but in any case, once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.

Hardcover, 2017

$180.00$155.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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