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Bookshots: 'Thieves Fall Out' by Gore Vidal (writing as Cameron Kay)
May 4th, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Thieves Fall Out Who wrote it? This is genuine pulp fiction, not a clever parody. It’s got a great, delightfully lurid story: Gore Vidal, under the pseudonym Cameron Kay. Plot in a Box: In the 1950s, a hot drifter gets involved in a jewel heist in Egypt and falls in love with a Nazi’s daughter.
Read Review →Bookshots: ‘Confessions of a Carnivore’ by Diane Lefer
April 27th, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Confessions of a Carnivore Who wrote it? Diane Lefer, a playwright, activist and author of ‘Nobody Wakes Up Pretty’ and ‘California Transit’ (awarded the Mary McCarthy Prize, Sarabande Books, 2007).
Read Review →Bookshots: 'The Blondes' by Emily Schultz
April 22nd, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Blondes
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Unflattening' by Nick Sousanis
April 21st, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Unflattening Who wrote it? A stunning work of graphic literature that exists simultaneously as signpost and road, instruction manual and finished product. Nick Sousanis, Postdoctoral Fellow in Comics Studies at the University of Calgary Plot in a box: Sometimes words just aren't enough, and images are needed to expand our modes of thinking and creativity.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Fifteen Dogs' by Andre Alexis
April 14th, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Fifteen Dogs Who wrote it? Alexis’ technical skills are extraordinary. His characters are diverse and expertly differentiated, and his sentence crafting is brilliant. André Alexis
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Viper Wine' by Hermione Eyre
April 13th, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Viper Wine Who Wrote It? Eyre projects today's beauty standards/obsessions on the already-intriguing British royal society of the 1600s. British celebrity journalist turned novelist, Hermione Eyre. She may just have the best female writer name ever.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'When We Were Animals' by Joshua Gaylord
April 13th, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: When We Were Animals Who Wrote It? Joshua Gaylord, author of four novels, two of which he published under the pen name Alden Bell. He's also a professor at NYU. More info at his website.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'The Children's Crusade' by Ann Packer
April 8th, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Children’s Crusade Who wrote it? 'The Children’s Crusade' illustrates how having a terrible mother might be the best thing that could ever happen to us. Ann Packer, multi-prizewinning author of The Dive from Clausen’s Pier as well as acclaimed short fiction. More info at her website.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Dark Sparkler' by Amber Tamblyn
April 7th, 2015
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Dark Sparkler Who wrote it? These poems could be good. They could probably be really good. Currently, however, they are not good. Amber Tamblyn, that girl from Joan of Arcadia and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
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