Literary
Blind Assassin 1ST Edition Us
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Any review of Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin as a historical novel must confront Atwood’s received status as a major ‘mainstream’ ...Read Review
Liar’s Moon
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Philip Kimball takes the myth of the closing of the American frontier and turns it into gritty, yet poetic reality. From 1852, when a ...Read Review
Kitty and Virgil
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Kitty & Virgil is a novel of great love, deep tragedy, conflicting emotions, and witty humor. Kitty, a mild tempered, open-minded book editor, ...Read Review
Iceweaver
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A sequel of sorts to the historical mystery series starring midwife Hannah Trevor, this work of “straight” fiction brings her deaf daughter Jennet, ...Read Review
Jayber Crow
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Wandering into a TV version of this, you might be tempted to switch straight over – that would be a pity. Jayber Crow’s ...Read Review
The Palace
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At the beginning of The Palace, the narrator, a young soldier in Garibaldi’s army, narrowly escapes execution by firing squad. When he ...Read Review
The Hatbox Baby
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Diane Arbus meets Fritz Lang in this World’s Fair as metaphor for life. Carnival freaks are human beings, and human beings ...Read Review
No Great Mischief
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On Cape Breton Island, the Gaelic stronghold of Nova Scotia — a land of windswept crags and rocky shores — memories of years long past ...Read Review
In Babylon
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It’s easy to see why In Babylon already has been lauded by European critics and has garnered numerous awards on that side ...Read Review
Deus Lo Volt! Chronicle of the Crusades
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We are transported by author Evan S. Connell to the two centuries of human existence – from 1095 to 1289 – more enmired in the blood of ...Read Review
