October 5, 2024
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Fiction
October 4, 2024
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Fiction
The Mortal and Immortal Life of the Girl from Milan by Domenico Starnone
Unrequited love, youthful misunderstanding of the meaning of manhood, the vagaries of language and the errors of thought that can be brought about by the fog of self delusion combine to make a fascinating and interesting story of a life lived, if not well, at least interestingly.
September 22, 2024
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Fiction
The Ogre’s Daughter by Catherine Bardon
The mercurial and volatile life of the daughter of a notorious Caribbean dictator replete with oppressive manipulation and decadent luxury in alternating episodes, this highly interesting novel is based in truth.
September 18, 2024
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Fiction
The Women Behind the Door by Roddy Doyle
Written with consummate skill and a fine sense of tragedy in way that only the Irish can manage this novel examines hatred, love, abuse and redemption between men and women and between mother and child.
August 19, 2024
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Fiction
Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
French eco-terrorists planning a violent protest to an environment-altering dam project are infiltrated by a ruthless and skilled young female provocateur who finds a deeper philosophical life in the writings of one of the movement’s theorists. Suspenseful and richly complex. Satisfyingly current.
August 3, 2024
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Fiction
The Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine Chidgey
A bird who can talk; who can seemingly think in human ways; people who are carried along by questionable motives and inability to change their situation; these are the players. The tale is fascinating, amusing and frightening.
July 24, 2024
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Fiction
Table for Two by Amor Towles
A worthy follow-up to his previous works, this collection of short stories and a novella will surely satisfy any veteran readers of the authors efforts and will undoubtedly convert those to whom his writing is a new experience. Finely crafted and with plenty of punch.
July 1, 2024
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Fiction
Goodnight Tokyo by Atsuhiro Yoshida
A varied cast of characters, all engaging in their separate ways and acting upon their individual motives find closure to their divergent problems and needs provide a reassuringly human tone to this highly interesting novel.
June 19, 2024
In
Fiction
First Frost by Craig Johnson
A return to Walt and Henry’s youth shows the veteran reader of the Longmire series how and why they came to be the men they are. Younger, perhaps less wise but still with all the traits that have made them favorites, this story will fully satisfy any reader of the author’s works.
June 1, 2024
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Fiction