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The Affairs of the Falcóns
The Affairs of the Falcóns
by Melissa Rivero
The Affairs of the Falcons Review (12/8/2018)
Melissa Rivero’s novel The Affairs of the Falcons showcases the desperation of illegal immigrants in the United States. It centers on Ana and her family who have come to New York in order to escape terrorism in Peru and to build a better life for themselves and their …more
A Ladder to the Sky
A Ladder to the Sky: A Novel
by John Boyne
Review of A Ladder to the Sky (8/30/2018)
John Boyne's novel A Ladder to the Sky is a fictional study of the vagaries of the publishing industry. The novel's main character Maurice Swift badly wants to be a writer but lacks the requisite imagination and skills. He must therefore resort to stealing the work of …more
Paris Echo
Paris Echo
by Sebastian Faulks
Paris Echo (8/7/2018)
Sebastian Faulks's latest novel Paris Echo combines World War II history and contemporary Parisian culture. Main character Hannah has come to Paris to study the recordings of French women under Nazi occupation. There she meets Tariq a young Moroccan refuge who is in Paris …more
The House of Broken Angels
The House of Broken Angels
by Luis Alberto Urrea
The House of Broken Angels (2/6/2018)
Luis Alberto Urrea's The House of Broken Angels is a novel as large and large-hearted as the Mexican-American family it depicts. Ostensibly it is about two days in the life of the family's dying patriarch Big Angel--his mother's funeral and his last birthday party. But it …more
The Twelve-Mile Straight
The Twelve-Mile Straight: A Novel
by Eleanor Henderson
The Twelve-Mile Straight (4/16/2017)
In The Twelve-Mile Straight Eleanor Henderson captures the zeitgeist of depression era rural Georgia. Amidst a myriad of characters over-determined by their time and place are the protagonists Elma and Nan, both striving against great odds to take charge of their lives. The …more
Lola
Lola
by Melissa Scrivner Love
Lola (3/4/2017)
Stieg Larsson changed the way readers view female sleuths when he introduced the unforgettable Lisbeth Salander. More recently Taylor Stevens follows the model with her character Vanessa Michael Munroe, motorcycle rider and world-traveling mercenary. These hardnosed anti- …more
The Typewriter's Tale
The Typewriter's Tale
by Michiel Heyns
Review of The Typewriter's Tale (1/12/2017)
The Typewriter's Tale is an enjoyable novel especially for readers who know something of the famous James siblings—Henry, William, and Alice. In the process of rewriting his novels for a new edition, Henry James is one of the novel's central characters. The author of The …more
Les Parisiennes
Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved, and Died Under Nazi Occupation
by Anne Sebba
Les Parisiennes (7/4/2016)
In writing this important cultural history of Paris under Nazi occupation, Anne Sebba has assumed the task of uncovering events that many people who lived through them would rather forget. Her research covers secondary as well as primary sources such as letters, interviews, …more
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