"A sinister cabal of superior writers."
Tim Gebhart lives in Sioux Falls, SD, where he practices law in order to provide shelter for his family, his dogs, and his books. He is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and his blog de guerre is A Progressive on the Prairie.
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Novel predicated on using the draft to avoid a Vietnam combat zone lacks vitality.
Individuals who survived both the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and of Nagasaki help frame history of the events and their aftermath.
A in-depth yet readable look at the influence of this short-lived prime time network television series.
Bleak internal monologue awaits English readers of most recently translated work of this year's Nobel Literature laureate.
Historian's skills and experience are suffused through a novel dealing with three tumultuous periods in Russian history.
Novel's well written vignettes of life in Communist Albania ultimately fall short of creating broad insight into its people.
Geoff Dyer's fact-based but impressionistic fictional essays about great jazz musicians are a form of literary jazz.
Reissued 1954 novel immerses reader in the feel of the Cold War era.
Paul Auster's writing skills draw in and hold readers of his 15th novel.
Chinese intellectual's memoir reflects how even aesthetics are perceived as a threat by totalitarian regimes.
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