A review of They Eat Puppies, Don’t They?, by Christopher Buckley. @@@@@ (5 out of 5). Political satire of the highest order. I found myself laughing hysterically, sometimes for pages at a time. But, like all superior satire, this book isn’t just funny — its droll treatment of politics in Washington and Beijing is spot-on accurate.
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A review of Reverse Innovation: Create Far From Home, Win Everywhere, by Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble. @@@ (3 out of 5). Here is the book that C. K. Prahalad should have written instead of The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid.
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A review of The Silent Man, by Alex Berenson. @@@ (3 out of 5). The third in Alex Berenson’s series about soldier-spy John Wells and his continuing efforts to keep the world safe for humanity, this time from terrorists with a nuclear weapon.
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A review of Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It, by Jeffrey D. Clements. @@@@@ (5 out of 5). An activist plea for readers to join the gathering movement to overturn Citizens United, wrest political power from the corporations, and put it back in the hands of people.
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A review of The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection, by Alexander McCall Smith. @@@@ (4 out of 5). The 13th and latest in Smith’s best-known series of novels about the #1 Ladies’ Detective Agency in Gaborone, the capital of the small, land-locked nation of Botswana, bordering South Africa. To my mind, it’s one of the best.
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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.