Reviews

Bookshots: "The Outcasts" by Kathleen Kent

October 3rd, 2013

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Outcasts Who Wrote It? Kathleen Kent, author of The Heretic’s Daughter and The Traitor’s Wife.

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Bookshots: "Let the Old Dreams Die" by John Ajvide Lindqvist

October 1st, 2013

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Let the Old Dreams Die Who wrote it? The guy who I'm sure is equally thankful for/sick of being referred to as the Swedish Stephen King, Let the Right One In author John Ajvide Lindqvist.

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Bookshots: "Lungs Full Of Noise" by Tessa Mellas

September 30th, 2013

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title:  Lungs Full Of Noise Who wrote it? 

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Bookshots: "Vicious" by V.E. Schwab

September 24th, 2013

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Vicious Who wrote it? 26 year old V.E. Schwab, also the author of two other fantasy/paranormal novels.

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Bookshots: 'Carnival' by Rawi Hage

September 19th, 2013

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Carnival Who wrote it? IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, McAuslan First Book Prize, and two time Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction winner Rawi Hage, author of De Niro's Game and Cockroach.

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Bookshots: "Brewster" By Mark Slouka

September 12th, 2013

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Brewster Who wrote it? Mark Slouka, American novelist and critic. Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Columbia University, Guggenheim Fellow, Harper's Magazine associate editor.

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Bookshots: 'The Maid's Version' by Daniel Woodrell

September 11th, 2013

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Maid's Version Who wrote it? Daniel Woodrell, the authoritative voice of Ozarks noir.

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Bookshots: "Dissident Gardens" by Jonathan Lethem

September 10th, 2013

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Dissident Gardens Who wrote it? If you think your family's fucked up, a few hours spent with Rose and Miriam and Communist Cousin Lennie will let you know...you don't have it anywhere near as bad as the members of the Zimmer family. Jonathan Lethem, the brilliant, wonderful author of Motherless Brooklyn, one of my favorite books.

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Bookshots: "The Thicket" by Joe R. Lansdale

September 9th, 2013

Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Thicket Who wrote it? Joe R. Lansdale, best known for the novella Bubba Ho-Tep and the cult novel Cold in July.

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'The Willow Tree' by Hubert Selby, Jr.

July 29th, 2013

My girlfriend and I were walking with two friends in Slovenia, at night, when two drunk guys started calling after us. They followed us for a little while, talking to one of the women in my group. She ignored them and mumbled, "Let's just keep walking." The guys tried again, and one of them grabbed her arm. She yanked it away and walked on. So the guy who had grabbed her waited for her to turn away from him, lifted his foot, and kicked her to the ground.

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