Bound to Be Broken

by | Jan 3, 2014 | Book Reviews

  Keep bank deposit/withdrawal slips, leave cuticles alone, don’t go to Crumbs anymore, brush dog’s teeth, irony withdrawal, stay in time zone, stay off CNN, don’t make stupid jokes such as a goose with sex-change surgery is transgander,...

The Mongolian Conspiracy

by | Jan 3, 2014 | Book Reviews

Originally published in 1969, Rafael Bernal’s newly translated book conjures up a thriller-cum-caper novel that reads like some sinfully delicious blend of Ross Thomas and Donald Westlake.

Becoming Americans

by | Jan 3, 2014 | Book Reviews

This profoundly moving collection of immigrants’ stories spans the centuries from the first colonists in Virginia to present-day, with a foreward by Pete Hamill.

Undisputed Truth

by | Jan 3, 2014 | Book Reviews

Pugilist Mike Tyson’s memoir must, by law, be deemed by critics as “hard-hitting.”  But after all the cliches, one finds a surprisingly beguiling and authentic exploration of a life lived at maximum intensity.