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Love and Deception and Love “Sweet Tooth” is set in the first few years of the 1970′s at the height of the cold war. Serena, who is anything but serene, is attending Cambridge studying maths at her mother’s insistence. She … Continue reading →

This isn’t a horrible book: in fact the premise caught my attention. It has many famous characters such as Cesare Borgia (Rodrigo, the pope’s middle son, who was a cardinal and after his brother, Juan, was killed Cesare was released … Continue reading →

A fun and informative….and hunger inducing read. This is a mouth watering, thirst inducing story of culinary New York both past and present.  Shulman alternately sketches the history of New York City and its relationship to a particular food or … Continue reading →

There are social classes in America?? Jensen brings up the verboten topic of class in America.  We’re all one big class right?  We’ve been lead to believe we’re all middle class with a froth of elite billionaires at the very … Continue reading →

In war there’s a fine line between being alive and being fully human. I enjoyed this book immensely.  “Trapeze” centers around a young English woman, Marian Sutro, who’s recruited to be a spy embedded in France.  Marian is the daughter … Continue reading →

Mr. Chips Stays My first introduction to this story was through the 1960’s movie with Peter O’Toole playing Mr. Chips.  I loved the movie as a kid but the 1933 novelette was less impressive.  “Goodbye, Mr. Chips” is a sweet … Continue reading →

  I just love to travel around the world in my living room. Ngugi takes us from Madison Wisconsin to Africa and back again. Along the way he walks us through social problems in both places. He does great job … Continue reading →

    This is a sick making book. It’s about a child molester named David Lamb who kidnaps an eleven year old girl named Tommie. It’s inevitable that with this theme Nadzam’s “Lamb” will be compared to Nabokov and his … Continue reading →