I have often thought that the best first sentence in a novel is in The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger.
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied [...]
The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier is now out in paperback. If you didn’t pick it up in hardcover, you should definitely pick it up now.
It is riddled with corporate intrigue and layered with environmental, apocalyptical, futuristic and globalization themes, which makes it an excellent page turner. It is the kind of [...]
Hemingway and Fitzgerald are two staples of most book collections. Being from Minnesota, I think that I am supposed to prefer Fitzgerald, but Hemingway has the upper hand for me and this is why.
Brett Ashley (from The Sun Also Rises) and Daisy Buchanan (from the Great Gatsby) are both terrific characters. However, Brett is just [...]
