by bertbaby | Mar 14, 2014 | Book Reviews
Set in Tasmania during the early nineteenth century, Rohan Wilson’s novel chronicles a despicable era of anti-aboriginal violence, with shades of Cormac McCarthy and Homeric tragedy for good measure.
by bertbaby | Mar 14, 2014 | Book Reviews
March 14: “The quantum theory of radiation and electrical conduction underlies all of modern information technology.”
by bertbaby | Mar 13, 2014 | Book Reviews
Two of today’s best young fiction writers on soldier’s stories, the Delta blues, and walking the tightrope between terror and hilarity.
by bertbaby | Mar 13, 2014 | Book Reviews
March 13: “The jail and the penitentiary are not the institutions planted by colonists in a new country, or by pioneers in a new state.”
by bertbaby | Mar 12, 2014 | Book Reviews
Blake Bailey — acclaimed biographer of John Cheever and other giants — reveals his affinity for the troubled lives of his subjects, in an aching memoir of brotherhood, addiction, and love.
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