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The beeloud glade will be published on april 4, just a few weeks away about the book. Theres very little spoken dialog and most of the novel is made up of finchs internal dialog. This is a weird fictional story of a man who decides to become a hermit. The beeloud glade by steve himmer 20110404 steve himmer on. Featuring a faceless drone from the world of corporate america and an eccentric billionaire whose whims change by the week, steve himmer s the beeloud glade is a wonderful novel thats hard to describe, but thats a good thing. Seeing that bright glow so counter to the way of the world, against the cycle of daylight and night, filled me with a sadness i didnt expect.
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