Reading Life After Life was such an odd and wonderful experience that I was curious about […]
The Madwoman Upstairs, by Catherine Lowell
Life must be hard for the children and descendents of the famous. They have their […]
The Unforgotten, by Laura Powell
Most mysteries focus on the detective or the criminal and reveal who done it, why […]
The Last Confession of Thomas Hawkins, by Antonia Hodgson
One would think that his experiences in the Marshalsea debtors’ prison (chronicled in The Devil in […]
A Man Lies Dreaming, by Lavie Tidhar
Perhaps it’s fitting that I read Hannah Tennant-Moore’ essay in The Paris Review about the merits of […]
Noonday, by Pat Barker
The iconic phrase from London’s Blitz was “Keep Calm and Carry On.” The media of […]
Tightrope, by Simon Mawer
We called World War I the war to end all wars. World War II claimed […]
Sorcerer to the Crown, by Zen Cho
I’ve been hearing about Zen Cho’s novel, Sorcerer to the Crown, for months, ever since Rebecca […]
The Unusual Possession of Alastair Stubb, by David John Griffin
David John Griffin’s novel, The Unusual Possession of Alastair Stubb, is a curiously constructed tale of […]
Shylock is My Name, by Howard Jacobson
The Merchant of Venice has vexed me since I read it in college. I was […]