I love finding out what’s going to happen next in the books I write. I’m often delighted by what a character decides to say , or how a seemingly innocuous detail later turns out to be a major plot point.
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Book Review: ‘The Dead’ by Christian Kracht
In 'The Dead,' Christian Kracht melts Pasolini, Kirosawa and Chaplin into a singular dream sequence
Read More »Book Review: ‘Our Kind of Cruelty’ by Araminta Hall
In 'Our Kind of Cruelty' by Araminta Hall, the truth about a stormy breakup, lies between murky blurred lines.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Outsider’ by Stephen King
The monster is Stephen King's 'The Outsider' is worse than a creepy clown.
Read More »Interview: Christine Mangan, author of ‘Tangerine’
In Christine Mangan's 'Tangerine,' madness, murder, and betrayal are brought forth by an exotic yet ominous landscape.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Checkpoint’ by David Albarari
The noted Serbian author muscles this Kafkaesque short novel into the war-is-absurd literary tradition in one tremendous 183-page paragraph.
Read More »Book Review: ‘A Million Drops’ by Víctor del Árbol
In this novel the prizewinning Spanish author skillfully weaves minutely imagined personal stories into the wide sweep of history. One gets the sense Árbol has gazed long and deeply into the human soul, found little redeeming there, and nonetheless felt compelled to lay it all out for us in glorious, gritty, and sometimes gory detail.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Lagos Noir’ Edited by Chris Abani
'Lagos Noir' from editor Chris Abani may not be the book the Nigerian tourist industry wants you to read as an inducement to come visit their country, but it sure is a lot of fun to read.
Read More »Interview: Jessica Strawser, Author of ‘Not That I Could Tell’
In Jessica Strawser's new novel, 'Not That I Could Tell', it isn't quite a beautiful day in this neighborhood
Read More »Book Review: ‘Cold Skies’ by Thomas King – A DreadfulWater Mystery
'Cold Skies' offers further proof Thomas King is one good story teller. If you're looking for a book which is both entertaining and thought provoking to read this summer, this is the one for you.
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