by Christa
In no specific order: In the Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami: Kenji is a young guide who takes tourists through Tokyo’s seedy underground. It’s an illegal job that brings him into contact with the seemingly plastic-faced and socially awkward Frank, whom Kenji suspects is a murderer. This book is absolutely chilling. In my favorite scene, [...]
by Christa
How fortuitous. E.L. Doctorow’s novel Homer & Langley was released just as hoarding has become the OCD d’jour. In this novelette, Doctorow tweaks the legend of the Collyer brothers, two New York City, right-side-of-the-park eccentrics living together in a somewhat spousal situation. It is early in the 20th century. Their wealthy parents are as dead [...]
by Jodi Chromey
I read a lot of author’s about pages. It’s a job hazard. So when I say I found David Housewright’s about page funny and engaging (it’s full of newspaper funniness), I know what I’m talking about. It only makes sense, afterall, Housewright is an Edgar Award Winner (for his novel Penance and a Minnesota Book [...]
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