Book Chase

If there were an award for “Most Unusual Novel of the Year,” David Guterson’s Ed King would most certainly be a contender for this year’...

I imagine that most Kindle owners have already received the news - but for those who haven't, here you go. From what I understand, A...

The years of America’s Great Depression were particularly tough ones for a young woman to find herself trapped inside an abusive marriag...

Stephen Harrigan’s Remember Ben Clayton is a brilliant piece of writing.  I use five consistent characteristics of good fiction to measu...

There are barely two months left in the year, so it's time for another update to my evolving Best of 2011 lists.  I did read 12 books si...

Almost exactly four years ago, Ireland’s Anne Enright was the “surprise winner” of the Man Booker Prize for what is said to be a rather ...