Tag Archives: fiction

Michael Pearce’s first five Mamur Zapt novels

Posted on 18th November 2023 by Donna Bird

The Mamur Zapt & The Return of the Carpet The Night of the Dog: A Mamur Zapt Mystery The Donkey-Vous: A Mamur Zapt Mystery The Men Behind: A Mamur Zapt Mystery The Girl in the Nile: A Mamur Zapt Mystery … Continue reading →

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Camilo José Cela’s The Hive

Posted on 14th April 2023 by Warner Holme

Camilo José Cela’s The Hive is an early work by a man who would later be considered a master. Published in 1950 in Buenos Aires, it was controversial at the time of release, even costing the author his job with … Continue reading →

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Anita Amirrezvani’s The Blood of Flowers

Posted on 11th November 2022 by Donna Bird

Toward the end of The Blood of Flowers, the unnamed narrator and main character says, “All our labors were in service of beauty, but sometimes it seemed as if every thread in a carpet had been dipped in the blood … Continue reading →

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Lauren Groff’s Matrix

Posted on 24th May 2022 by Gary Whitehouse

Lauren Groff continues to make a name for herself as an author of unusual and engrossing fiction. This time she brings us a fast-paced tale of an unconventional nun in Medieval England, only a few years after the island emerged … Continue reading →

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Brian McNeill’s The Busker

Posted on 3rd March 2022 by Cat Eldridge

I really hate to pan this novel as Brian McNeill’s a great musician, but I have to as he’s a lousy fiction writer. I love his music – I have every one of his post-Batties albums, but this is not … Continue reading →

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Brian McNeill’s To Answer The Peacock

Posted on 3rd March 2022 by Diverse Voices

Debbie Skolnik wrote this review. Well, if you’ve heard the CD of the same name, you’ve also heard the first chapter of this book. (If you haven’t heard the CD … well, what are you waiting for? It’s one of … Continue reading →

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O. Henry’s 101 Stories

Posted on 29th June 2021 by Cat Eldridge

O. Henry’s 101 Stories is the Library of America’s volume collecting works by that American master of the short story. Included are many of the man’s most famous tales, such as “Gift of the Magi” and “The Ransom of Red … Continue reading →

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Donald E. Westlake’s Castle in the Air

Posted on 6th March 2021 by Warner Holme

Donald E. Westlake’s Castle in the Air is another example of Hard Case Crime bringing relatively forgotten volumes back into print. Castle In the Air is a technically accurately titled book, and an intriguing example of the heist novel as … Continue reading →

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Ursula K. Le Guin’ Always Coming Home

Posted on 29th January 2018 by Cat Eldridge

Some fifteen years ago, Le Guin created Always Coming Home, an ethnographic history of a people living in a future version of Northern California. Though it’s possible that this might be a far future version of our culture, Le Guin … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Hand’s Generation Loss

Posted on 14th July 2017 by Robert

Generation Loss is a foray into, for lack of a better term, “mainstream” fiction by Elizabeth Hand, many of whose previous novels have been marked by a decidedly mordant view of humanity (an attitude this one shares) and somewhere in … Continue reading →

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