When you think about it, slaves in the American South during the 19th century spoke a different language from their masters. Whites could sometimes barely understand them, and the reverse must have proven true at times as well. So novelist Percival Everett turns this insight on its head in James,...
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That cover photo does not do her justice. Pamela Churchill Harriman (née Digby, 1920-99) was one of the great beauties of the Anglo-American world well into her seventies, and other photos reveal that. She was ridiculed) throughout most of her life as a courtesan, having slept with hundreds of...
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John Banville has captivated English literary critics for decades. He has garnered the Booker Prize as well as many of the top literary awards on the Continent and is considered a contender for the Nobel Prize. Yet mystery fans know him as the pseudonymous author of the Quirke novels set in 1950s...
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Right from the beginning, the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency had been about helping people with the problems in their lives.” And there’s no more succinct statement of the agency’s mission statement. Mma Precious Ramotswe, the founder, and Mma Grace Makutsi, her would-be partner,...
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Remarkably, year after year, new books keep hitting the shelves about the Third Reich. After all, the whole misbegotten enterprise came to a bloody end nearly 80 years ago. Of course, some are mere knockoffs, rearranging what others have written in the past. But new primary sources keep appearing....
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Science Fiction Monday includes my latest SF book review, with links to other science fiction content.
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.
Science Fiction Monday includes my latest SF book review, with links to other science fiction content.
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.