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"half the book" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to refer to either half of a book, such as when discussing the length of a novel. For example, "I read half the book last night and I can't wait to finish it tonight."
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In the first half, the book alternates between shorter chapters about the four characters in Sheffield, and novella-length sections about each of them prior to their arrival there.
Harold Giuliani, who later owned a bar and grill in Brooklyn, was sentenced to two to five years at Sing Sing Correctional Facility and served a year and a half, the book states.
"Half the book is about making contracts.
High politics absorb nearly half the book.
That summer he cooked his way through half the book.
Rufina Philby's memoir takes up less than half the book.
The years up to 21 take up half the book.
I would have traded half the book for one.
I wrote half the book fast: the New York half.
At least half the book is made up of tweets.
Half the book is rueful legwork devoted to answering that question.
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