Monthly Archives: November 2008
Fascinating REAL jungle book
The White Mary by Kira Salak Okay, it is a novel, and has nothing to do with Rudyard Kipling’s classic, but the most striking part of this book is the very real and very difficult journey the protagonist undertakes through … Continue reading
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Tagged fiction, jungle, Kira Salak, papua New Guinea, White Mary
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New Orleans, pre-Katrina
Babylon Rolling by Amanda Boyden Set in New Orleans in August of 2004, Babylon Rolling is a good story full of well-developed characters, and a rich tapestry of ethnicities and origins and attitudes that populate one neighborhood in the storied … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Boyden, fiction, hurricane, Ivan, Katrina, New Orleans
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Good Old Detective Story
The Fifth Floor by Michael Harvey You take one look at this cover, and you know what you are getting: a detective/murder mystery story set in Chicago. That doesn’t make in any less enjoyable, though. You have your classic cynical, hard-bitten-but-with-a-heart … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Chicago, Chicago Fire, detective, Harvey, hero, mayor, Michael
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