Tag Archives: novel
homer & langley by e. l. doctorow
Publisher: Random House Published: 2009 Genre: Fiction Rating: 3 Summary: The story is loosley based on the real lives of two brothers. If you’ve ever seen the sagging jeans in urban America, then, yeah, you’ll understand the concept of “loosley.” … Continue reading
the good thief by hannah tinti
Publisher: Random House Published: 2008 Genre: Fiction Rating: 3 Summary: We begin with an orphanage administered by Catholic monks. And in this beginning we meet a young orphan named Ren, whose name is sewn into his shirt collar. Ren is … Continue reading
comedy in a minor key by hans keilson
Publisher: Hesperus Press Published: 2010 Translated by: Damion Searls Summary: It is WW II. And the place is Holland. A Dutch couple takes in a Jewish refugee named Nico. But then he dies. Now the couple must decide what to … Continue reading
quote: marlow and the garden of eden
Marlow (the protagonist), in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness: You know I hate, detest, and can’t bear a lie, not because I am straighter than the rest of us, but simply because it appalls me. There is a taint of … Continue reading
