A suspenseful novel that will keep you guessing until the end
A review of The Silver Swan, by Benjamin Black. @@@@ (4 out of 5). A Dublin pathologist, acting alone, sets out independently to unravel who killed a successful young woman.
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Author: Mal Warwick
Digestion, indigestion, and the science of the alimentary canal
A review of Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, by Mary Roach. @@@@ (4 out of 5). A humorous but highly informative study of the digestive tract by a popular science writer.
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The most original sci-fi novel I’ve read in years
A review of The City and the City, by China Mieville. @@@ (3 out of 5). A detective in one of two cities that mysteriously “overlap” pursues a murder case through the streets of both cities and finds himself caught up in a high-stakes struggle at the top of his society.
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Scientology exposed in a definitive investigative report
A review of Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, by Lawrence Wright. @@@@@ (5 out of 5). A Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist reveals the truth about the beliefs and practices of the Church of Scientology.
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A war hero and the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders in a funny anti-war novel
A review of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, by Ben Fountain. @@@@@ (5 out of 5). A 19-year-old Iraq war hero on a Pentagon tour of cities around the country encounters the reality of American civilization today — and finds he doesn’t like it much.
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