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September 1, 2009

Win Homer & Langley -- show us your clutter

book clutter Today's the official release date for Homer & Langley, E.L. Doctorow's fictional retelling of the story of the eccentric Collyer brothers. The pair were compulsive collectors/pack rats who filled a New York City townhouse with the detritus of American commercialism -- and died very tragically as a result.

I won't give away more of the story here (I'll do a more detailed review later this week), but I did want to note Random House's creative publicity campaign. It includes a Facebook group called "I have more books than Facebook friends" -- really, who doesn't? -- and asks members to submit photos of their own book clutter. The prize: a copy of the book, signed by Doctorow.

Posted by Dave Rosenthal at 5:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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That's a great idea for a contest, but there's no way I'm entering!

Posted by: Kathy | September 1, 2009 8:32 AM

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While she always preferred The Hardy Boys to Nancy Drew, Nancy Knight grew up reading nearly everything she could get her hands on, including a probably unhealthy amount of R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike, with the obligatory Jane Austen thrown in. She'll still read just about anything you put in front of her, especially the funny or weird. She lives in the city with her books, cat and drum set.

Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is an assistant managing editor and Sunday editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.

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