26 A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - Marina Lewcyka 3/5 
Reread for the book group.  I still don't get what all the fuss is about.

27 Stasiland - Anna Funder 5/5 
Fact was stranger than fiction in the former East Germany.  This is a great accompaniment to the recent award-winning film "The Lives of Others".

28 On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan 3/5 
Better than "Saturday" but still way below the standard of "Atonement".  This novella feels like a novel McEwan couldn't be bothered completing.

29 The Royal Game - Stefan Zweig 4/5 
Other editions call this "Chess".  Another riveting read by Zweig.  I've now determined to read anything I can get my hands on.  His novel "Beware of Pity" will probably be my next Zweig title.

30 A Spy by Nature - Charles Cumming 3/5
Promising debut novel by an author touted as the next Le Carre.  Industrial espionage, it seems, is as dangerous as spying during the Cold War ever was.  I will be reading the follow-up "The Hidden Man" very soon.

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