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Article: A tale of two cities.(Dark Water: Flood and Redemption in the City of Masterpieces)(Book review)
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- First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life
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- June 1, 2009
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DARK WATER: FLOOD AND REDEMPTION IN THE CITY OF MASTERPIECES
by ROBERT CLARK
Doubleday, 354 pages, $26
PITY THE WRITER who does all things well. Robert Clark's first book, a biography of the food critic and chef James Beard, won a raft of awards--and he promptly went on to write a cultural history of the Columbia River (River of the West), a trilogy of novels set in his hometown of St. Paul, and a memoir (My Grandfather's House) that mixed his own journey to the Catholic faith with a tour of his ancestors' religion and politics since before the Reformation. Along the way, he garnered numerous accolades, including a 2005 Guggenheim fellowship.
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