Five Plays: Cyprian's Prayer/The Crime in the Whistler Room/This Room and This Gin and These Sandwiches/Beppo and Beth/The Little Blue Light
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Summary
Five Plays: Cyprian's Prayer/The Crime in the Whistler Room/This Room and This Gin and These Sandwiches/Beppo and Beth/The Little Blue Light by Edmund Wilson is a book about faith, spirituality, or personal reflection. The available edition details are 1999 • Farrar Straus & Giroux • 541 pages.
Why this book now
A reasonable choice if you like backlist books that still feel specific and usable.
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Good fit if you want...
- You need a book that starts without a long setup.
- You want an uncomplicated introduction to the subject.
- When you want a vivid sense of place, the book refuses melodrama, instead tending to emotional truth in quiet, unsentimental scenes.
- You want a completely different mood.
- You need a lighter and faster read.
- When you dislike opaque narrators, description is rich and frequent, which may feel excessive if you like sparseness.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780374526658
Worth buying if: You need a book that starts without a long setup.
Skip it if: You want a completely different mood.
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Reading commitment
Steady Needs some room
Steady commitment. Best for readers ready to spend more time with it.
What stands out here
This book is intended for thoughtful reading about faith or spirituality.
Best way to approach it
Read it slowly enough to think about the ideas as you go.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780374526658
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