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The Monster of Florence: A True Story by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi has to be one of the most riveting books I have ever read. Douglas Preston is a...
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I love history because people have already done most things that you can imagine. This book looks at pivotal events in Spain in 1492 including the rise of King...
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I find myself drawn to examinations of the outer limits of consumer practices: trafficking in kidneys and other organs, adoption agencies that work as sales...
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Over the winter break, on a road trip that took me and my wife from the southern tip of Florida to Chicago, I read Saul Bellow’s recently published letters. ...
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Athol Fugard’s ‘Master Harold’… and the Boys offers a glimpse into some of the fraught but affectionate relationships that occurred between...
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Christos Tsiolkas’ novel, The Slap, begins with a multigenerational, multicultural collection of friends and relatives enjoying a summer barbeque in...
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