6 February 2015 – The Modern Novel

Junot Díaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

22 August 20156 February 2015 by tmn

The latest addition to my website is Junot Díaz‘s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. As this was voted best novel of the century (so far), I really had to read it to see if it was the best. It is not the best novel of the century so far but it is still … Read more

Nuruddin Farah: Links

22 August 20156 February 2015 by tmn

The latest addition to my website is Nuruddin Farah‘s Links, the first book in a trilogy about the disastrous situation in Somalia, at the beginning of the 21st century. The basic story line in all three books is the arrival in Mogadishu of one or more expatriate Somalis, who had been living in Canada, coming … Read more