Unfinished tales: The books you never finished reading

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Unfinished tales: The books you never finished reading

Taking Tolstoy’s masterpiece or James Joyce’s head-wrecker to the beach may not be such a good idea, even if you want something a bit more challenging than the forgettable holiday read.

For starters, it’s not easy trying to manhandle the 1,222 pages of War & Peace while lying in a deck chair lathered in sun tan lotion.

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