Book Review: The Sherlockian< by Graham Moore
March 19, 2024There is a telling scene in the novel, when Conan Doyle visits the theatre managed by...
Book Review: The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards
March 19, 2024If anything can be said with certainty about our fickle reading public, it is that they...
Book Review: Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell
March 17, 2024Whatever her faults, you can’t criticise Patricia Cornwell for sticking in a rut. Port Mortuary, her...
Book Review: Nemesis by Philip Roth
March 11, 2024Weequahic has been particularly hard-hit by the summer’s polio epidemic. Bucky, stuck supervising his school playground’s...
Book Review: Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
March 7, 2024Pasternak ranges the individualism of Zhivago against the heartless society that is being erected by the...
Book Review: Gauntlgrym: Neverwinter, Book 1 by R. A. Salvatore
March 7, 2024One thing is clear: Salvatore is moving Drizzt ahead toward a new point in his life....
Book Review: The Fort by Bernard Cornwell
March 4, 2024Bernard Cornwell, who has written a masterful novel about Agincourt, tackles the American Revolution and its...
Book Review: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
March 3, 2024To label How to Live Safely as a human comedy is a bit of a stretch...
Book Review: The Elephant’s Journey by Jose Saramago
February 29, 2024Saramago’s ability to wring delightful dialogue out of his characters will charm just about anybody. The...
Book Review: Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith
February 24, 2024The legions of admirers of Smith's other novels, notably The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series,...