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Adam Burgess
Ambidextrous: The Secret Lives of Children is part one of a three-part memoir trilogy, recounting events of the author, Felice Picano’s youth and life. Upon finishing, I found the blurb “not so much secret, as just forgotten” quite appropriate. As we age, much of the passion,… Continue Reading “Review: Ambidextrous by Felice Picano”
The Informers is like the sick love-child of Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio and Nathanael West’s Day of the Locust. While this collection of interweaving short stories is not as shocking or subversive as, say, Glamorama, it is equally blunt in it’s chastisement of Hollywood… Continue Reading “Review: The Informers by Bret Easton Ellis”
I have finally found the time to re-read this novel, and I’m glad. I still don’t believe it is Fitzgerald’s best work (I give that nod to Tender is the Night) but it’s much better than I originally gave it credit for. I was… Continue Reading “Review: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald”
Truly thought-provoking story about a world gone blind. But why? The philosophy behind the story is subtle enough to let the story itself remain interesting – until the last page where Saramago pushes the obviousness of his purpose onto the reader. This is unfortunate, because… Continue Reading “Review: Blindness by Jose Saramago”
There is so much to say about this novel, one hardly knows where to begin. I suppose the best place to start is with the notion that this novel is “the greatest love story of all time.” Well, it’s not really a love novel,… Continue Reading “Review: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy”
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