Gentlemen and Players
February 15, 2025Yet it is the amateur, the eccentric and the outsider who plays the hero in the...
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
February 15, 2025There is also something conversational about the way he writes, a straightforwardness, and a beguiling, gentle...
Trashed by Alison Gaylin
February 14, 2025These driven individuals scour celebrity garbage cans, pose as anyone but themselves, lie as though the...
Exit Ghost by Philip Roth
February 14, 2025Though the notorious Roth voice is often manic and crude, we assume that coming from a...
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
February 14, 2025This book isn’t a book, it’s a jazz piece, a series of improvisations on Díaz’s country,...
The Quiet Girl by Peter Høeg
February 13, 2025A thriller is often a race, but without the understanding of exactly why this girl is...
Mike Carey: Novelist and Comic Writer
February 13, 2025"People too content with their lot make lousy protagonists. (laughs) There has to be a source...
The Snake Stone by Jason Goodwin
February 12, 2025Goodwin now returns with another mystery, a tale as exotic as the first one, delicious in...
Fire in the Blood by Irène Némirovsky
February 12, 2025Silvio’s tale proceeds to unravel the neighborhood secrets, as he uncovers them with a skill that...
Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger
February 10, 2025The novel is set in the lake country of northern Minnesota and the wilds of bordering...