A Review of The Troubled Man: A Kurt Wallender Novel, by Henning Mankell. @@@@ (4 out of 5). All good things come to an end, and for Kurt Wallender, this is it. The Troubled Man is aptly titled. The book tells the story of Wallender’s last big case, taking him deeply into Sweden’s politically complex past and arousing self-doubt that is more profound than ever.
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A review of The Fear Index, by Robert Harris. @@@@@ (5 out of 5). Set in Geneva, this taut thriller takes the reader into the world of a brilliant American scientist, Dr. Alexander Hoffman, who has developed mathetical formulas that make billions in profits for his hedge fund.
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A review of The Emperor of All Maladies: A History of Cancer, by Siddhartha Mukherjee. @@@@@ (5 out of 5). Dr. Mukherjee, a cancer researcher with clinical experience, surveys the history of cancer from Imhotep to the present day. He combines moving personal experiences, historical vignettes, biographical sketches of some of the fascinating individuals who have advanced our understanding of cancer, and wonderfully articulate explanations of complex scientific matters. The Emperor of All Maladies is this year’s winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction, and it deserves every bit of recognition it’s gotten.
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Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Paris, May 1940. A Jewish furrier has just converted most of his wealth into diamonds. As he prepares to leave France, with the Nazis on the outskirts of the city, he is brutally murdered by an intruder. Three and a half years later, a young Polish woman meets her...
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You’ll get a sense of what Mat Johnson is driving at on the second page of his satirical science fiction novel, Invisible Things. There, sociologist and astronaut Nalini Jackson muses about what another science fiction author termed life, the universe, and everything. “If humanity...
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Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review,
with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review,
with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.
Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review, with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review, with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.