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Love, Sex and Other Foreign Policy Goals
Love, Sex and Other Foreign Policy Goals | Jesse Armstrong
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Ite(tm)s 1994 and the former Yugoslavia is being torn apart. In England, a gang of good-hearted young people are about to set off in a Ford Transit van armed with several sacks of rice and a half-written play. A play which will light a beacon of peace across the Balkans and, very probably, stop the war. Andrew would love to stop the war. He has one of the most comprehensively developed personal foreign policies of anyone working on a building site in the Greater Manchester area. He feels everyone should have a foreign policy, really. What sort of person doesne(tm)t have a foreign policy? But what hee(tm)d like to do e" maybe even more than stopping the war e" is sleep with Penny, who he is pretty sure might be the love of his life. But does Penny like him? Or does she love Simon, his rival, an irritatingly authentic Geordie poet? Or Shannon, the fierce, inspiring American leader of the troupe? Who exactly loves who? And whate(tm)s the safest way to make it out of a minefield should you accidentally wander into one? And what do you talk to a mercenary about? And is a bad thing really a bad thing if it maybe leads to a good thing? It could all take a while to work out, as the gang cross Europe and head into the war zone.
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keithmalek
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B.Reader

Reading goals for 2017:
- for every two books I read that are new/new to me, I will read one book from my collection as of January 1, 2017
- I will complete the Read Harder challenge from #bookriot and the A to Z challenge from Litsy, although they might be completed retroactively instead of totally planned beforehand
- write more in my book blog
- continue to diversify my reading with marginalized groups with #ownvoices stories

Good Luck all!

DebinHawaii Great goals!! 📚👍 8y
B.Reader @DebinHawaii thanks! We'll see how it goes! 8y
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BookishClaire
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Been reading this on the bus for like ten minutes and already giggled out loud at least five times.

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Levre52
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An otherwise hilarious book gets real.

BookishClaire I gave up about a quarter of the way in - should I keep going? 8y
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WanderingBookaneer
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My beloved, @BookishMarginalia , previews this book. Will it make the #bookhaul? #getindie

LauraBeth Great pic 😀 8y
scripturient Hahaha, awesome! 👍🏻😁 8y
LitHousewife You're so lucky to have an indie - and a spouse who likes to read. 🙂 8y
WanderingBookaneer @LitHousewife : Don't I know it! 8y
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