James Salter: A Sport and a Pastime
The latest addition to my website is James Salter's A Sport and a Pastime. The novel is set in France, specifically Paris and Autun, and is narrated by a self-confessed…
The latest addition to my website is James Salter's A Sport and a Pastime. The novel is set in France, specifically Paris and Autun, and is narrated by a self-confessed…
The latest addition to my website is N. Scott Momaday's Ancient Child, another superb novel about Native American culture from Momaday. The story focuses on two quasi-outsiders. Grey is half…
The latest addition to my website is Kathryn Davis' Duplex. This novel takes a fairly conventional story - a street somewhere in the US, with a boy and girl growing…
The latest addition to my website is Kathryn Davis' The Thin Place, a brilliant but understated novel about spirituality, the forces of nature and the role they play in our…
The latest addition to my website is N. Scott Momaday's House Made of Dawn. This was the first Native American novel to win a Pulitzer Prize. It tells a familiar…
The latest addition to my website is Adrian Jones Pearson's Cow Country. Before reviewing the book, I must say a few words about the author. I decided to read this…
The latest addition to my website is Alexandra Kleeman's You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine. I was just yesterday reading a story about eating fads. While this novel…
The latest addition to my website is Jonathan Franzen's Purity. Inevitably, this book has caused much controversy and has been condemned for being sexist (which it partially is but no…
The latest addition to my website is Kathryn Davis' The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf. This is a first-class novel about the nature of art (in this case music)…
The latest addition to my website is Mark Danielewski's The Familiar, Volume 1: One Rainy Day in May. This is apparently the first of a twenty-seven volume series, with the…