Bookshots: 'Undermajordomo Minor' By Patrick deWitt
Review by Keith Rawson
A brief review of Patrick deWitt's latest comic masterpiece, 'Undermajordomo Minor.'
Bookshots: 'The Suicide of Claire Bishop' by Carmiel Banasky
Review by Leah Dearborn
In 2004, a young man discovers a painting that appears to have been created by his ex-girlfriend. The problem is that his ex-girlfriend is in her twenties, and said painting is dated to 1959.
Bookshots: 'The Castaway Lounge' by Jon Boilard
Review by Cath Murphy
Titty bars, flying saucers and humour as deadpan flat as roadkill.
Bookshots: 'Purity' by Jonathan Franzen
Review by Freddie Moore
Franzen's latest cultural criticism comes with a twist of Dickens.
Bookshots: '$2.00 A Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America' by Kathryn Edin & H. Luke Schaefer
Review by Christopher Shultz
Meticulous research and personal anecdotes reveal an often overlooked extreme poverty in America.
Bookshots: 'You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine' by Alexandra Kleeman
Review by Cath Murphy
Don't eat the Kandy Kakes
Bookshots: 'The Incarnations: A Novel' by Susan Barker
Review by Leah Dearborn
Written in a fervent and frightening hand, the letters come from a person who claims to be Wang’s soul mate from across lifetimes; a being who blew into the city on the winds of the Gobi Desert.
Bookshots: 'Andersonville' by Edward M. Erdelac
Review by Christopher Shultz
History meets horror in this exciting and engrossing Civil War-era novel.
Bookshots: '52 Men' by Louise Wareham Leonard
Review by Brian McGackin
Like "This Is Your Life," but for emotionally draining sexual memories.
Bookshots: 'Not Funny Ha-Ha' by Leah Hayes
Review by Brian McGackin
Abortion is never funny. Except when it is. Which is never. Usually. Kinda.
