Of all America’s great cities, Chicago stands out as the prime example of corruption. (Admittedly, Los Angeles and New Orleans are in the running as well.) And if Chicago’s corruption has its bard, she is Sara Paretsky, author of the long-running series of Chicago-based detective...
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He’s a polymath: He knows a lot of stuff about a lot of things. For example, in his breakthrough work, the Mars Trilogy, Kim Stanley Robinson demonstrates an understanding of history, social psychology, political science, and other social science disciplines as well as a smattering of hard...
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Jennifer Egan won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her fourth novel, A Visit from the Goon Squad. One critic commented on that book’s “time-hopping narrative, unorthodox format, and motley cast of characters.” Her fifth book, Manhattan Beach, a bestselling historical...
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Estimated reading time: 7 minutes It’s often said that winners write the history. And it’s true that until recently the winners in the gender wars—men—have written most of the history books. Only over the past few decades have the contributions of women begun to show up in published...
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Strange. After reading her earlier books, the last thing I would have expected is humor. Yet Kate Atkinson’s latest, Transcription, is surprisingly funny. Well, maybe witty is a better word. This is British humor, after all. Dry humor. The sort of thing most Americans frown through....
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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.