The Pesthouse, by Jim Crace
July 11, 2009 2:30 amI can’t think of a living writer who crafts more meticulous, beautiful prose than Crace. Everything is alive in his... View Article
Category: 52 Books/52 Weeks
Spook, by Mary Roach
July 9, 2009 2:11 amRoach’s non-fiction explorations ? this time, of the supernatural and the afterlife ? are always fascinating and funny and full... View Article
Travels in the Scriptorium, by Paul Auster
July 5, 2009 2:10 amI’ve read Auster since being loaned City of Glass 15 years ago, but this tiny novel failed with me. It... View Article
Knockemstiff, by Donald Ray Pollock
July 2, 2009 2:09 amNot a set of short stories to make you happy. Apocalyptically dark, gloomy stories about a rural Ohio town from... View Article
Last Night at the Lobster, by Stewart O’Nan
June 30, 2009 2:08 amSome days I really miss working high school/college jobs, at movie theaters, Staples, and restaurants. They weren’t necessarily good jobs,... View Article
Pictures at a Revolution, by Mark Harris
June 25, 2009 2:08 amHarris’ compelling history of Hollywood in flux examines the 1968 Best Picture nominees (including Bonnie and Clyde and The Graduate)... View Article
Rum, Sodomy and the Lash, by Jeffrey T. Roesgen
June 22, 2009 2:50 amMy favorite books in the 33 1/3 series are those that deeply illuminate the creation of an album or that... View Article
The Goon Vol. 7: A Place of Heartache and Grief
June 14, 2009 2:16 amBy Eric Powell The Goon is a strange comic combination of humor, horror, and 30s-era crime. While early volumes were... View Article
Pluto Vol. 3, by Naoki Urasawa
June 11, 2009 2:11 amWhat’s so compelling about the sadness of the characters in this murder mystery? Their hangdog faces and shadowed cheeks are... View Article
Cat-Eyed Boy Vol. 2, by Kazuo Umezu
May 18, 2009 2:57 amThis volume finishes the earlier volume’s interminable Band of 100 Monsters. But, as the book proceeds, the stories become better/weirder,... View Article