A Marker to Measure Drift by Alexander Maksik

by | Jul 30, 2013 | Uncategorized

A Marker to Measure Drift Written by Alexander MaksikHardcover, 240 pages | Knopf | Fiction – Literary; Fiction – Contemporary Women; Fiction – Psychological | $24.95 | July 30, 2013 | 978-0-307-96257-7 (0-307-96257-1)A hypnotic, spellbinding novel...

Ghostman by Roger Hobbs

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Ghostman Written by Roger HobbsTrade Paperback, 384 pages | Vintage | Fiction – Thrillers – Crime; Fiction – Suspense; Fiction – Literary | $14.95 | July 30, 2013 | 978-0-307-95049-9 (0-307-95049-2)Stunningly dark, hugely intelligent and...

The Flight of the Penguins

by | Jul 30, 2013 | Book Reviews

July 30: The first Penguins were published on this day in 1935, the event generally regarded as the birth of the modern paperback industry. When Allen Lane, managing director of the Bodley Head press, couldn’t find anything worthwhile to read for his train ride...

Himes in Harlem

by | Jul 29, 2013 | Book Reviews

July 29: The novelist Chester Himes was born on this day in 1909. Himes titled his autobiography My Life of Absurdity to convey the dark comedy of mischance, mistake, and racism that combined to send him to prison and to inspire his Harlem Detectives novels, which...