Category: post-World War II

Thoughts: The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Roof Beam Reader

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 12 Graham Greene is considered by many to be one of the most important 20th Century English writers. His novels are always highly masculine and usually carry a complicated… Continue Reading “Thoughts: The End of the Affair by Graham Greene”

Category: 1001 Books, 2013 Challenges, 2013 TBR Pile Challenge, Adultery, Book Review, British Literature, Classics Club, Fiction, Graham Greene, Jealousy, Masculinity, Modernism, PhD, post-World War II, Power, Religion, Sin/Redemption, War, World War II

Review: Seize the Day by Saul Bellow

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Roof Beam Reader

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Seize the Day by Saul Bellow Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 40 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting and believable. Poor Tommy Wilhelm. Lost, jobless, loveless, and completely devoid of pride or any self-confidence. This is Tommy’s day of reckoning. When the novella… Continue Reading “Review: Seize the Day by Saul Bellow”

Category: 1001 Books, American Lit, Book Review, Classics, Fiction, Jewish-American, Literature, Modernism, PhD, post-World War II

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