George Packer: The Unwinding: Thirty Years of American Decline
The latest addition to my website is George Packer's The Unwinding: Thirty Years of American Decline. Though not a novel Die Zeit described it as the first Great American novel…
The latest addition to my website is George Packer's The Unwinding: Thirty Years of American Decline. Though not a novel Die Zeit described it as the first Great American novel…
The latest addition to my website is Marilynne Robinson's Lila, the third book in Robinson's Gilead trilogy. This one, of course, tells the story of Lila, whom we have met…
The latest addition to my website is Marilynne Robinson's Home, the second book in her Gilead trilogy. In the first book - Gilead - the Reverend John Ames told his…
The latest addition to my website is Marilynne Robinson's Gilead. This is another first-class novel from Marilynne Robinson and, in fact, the first of a trilogy of novels, set in…
The latest addition to my website is Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping. This is, of course, a book I should have read years ago but, with her new book just out, now…
The latest addition to my website is Paula Gunn Allen's The Woman Who Owned The Shadows. Native American authors still get something of a short shrift in the US pantheon,…
The latest addition to my website is Joanna Scott's De Potter's Grand Tour. There has been some excitement this summer with all the new novels coming out late summer/autumn. These…
The latest addition to my website is Stephen Schneck's The Nightclerk, a very funny and somewhat over the top cult novel, long since out of print, about a very fat…
The latest addition to my website is Richard Powers' Orfeo. This one follows Powers' usual themes of technology, music and politics, telling the story of Peter Els, musician and scientist.…
The latest addition to my website is Benjamin Markovits' Childish Loves, his third novel about Lord Byron. Unlike his previous two, this one mixes in (semi-)autobiographical details with Byron's story,…