William T. Vollmann’s fascinating, wildly ambitious text interweaves a family saga with a history of the American war machine since Vietnam. By Tom LeClair Workers at a major publishing house have ...

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The Book of Mormon follows two young missionaries who are sent to Uganda to try to convert citizens to the Mormon religion. One missionary, Elder Price, is an enthusiastic go-getter with a strong ...

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