James Hawking
The End of the Book
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Two narratives alternate in this fictional experiment. The first is set in Chicago beginning in 2008. In order to pay off debt accumulated getting ...Read Review
The Poisoned Crown
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George R. R. Martin wrote an enthusiastic introduction to this novel, acknowledging that it was a source for A Game of Thrones. This ...Read Review
The Boy in His Winter
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Huckleberry Finn floats down the Mississippi without aging until the early 21st century, when he encounters Hurricane Katrina. Arrested for his inadvertent involvement ...Read Review
The Smoke At Dawn (Civil War in the West)
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Jeff Shaara wrote his first two Civil War books as a continuation of his late father Michael’s inspired Gettysburg novel, The Killer ...Read Review
The Man Who Loved Dogs
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Three men who loved dogs play major roles in this novel about the assassination of Leon Trotsky. A Cuban veterinary magazine editor meets ...Read Review
In the Night of Time
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We meet Ignacio Abel, a prominent Spanish architect, at Penn Station in 1936 as he flees from Madrid, where he was in danger from ...Read Review
She’s Leaving Home
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Although primarily a police procedural, this novel, set in 1968, successfully portrays a rapidly changing British culture. A young woman’s body is found ...Read Review
The Fiery Alphabet
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We first meet Daniela Meso in 1764 as a 17-year-old prodigy, proficient in mathematics and fluent in Greek and Hebrew, among other languages. She ...Read Review
Lion and Leopard
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Multiple narrators combine to paint a picture of the Philadelphia art world around 1820, beginning with some young men who come to the city ...Read Review
Ask Not
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This is the third and presumably final entry in a trilogy on the JFK assassination which began with Bye Bye, Baby, about the ...Read Review