The English Major: A Novel by Jim Harrison
“The English Major,” revisits some of Harrison’s longtime preoccupations: travel and literature, food and fishing; an engagement with the natural world against a backdrop of war (in this case Iraq); and our nation’s struggle of origin against the Native Americans, whose suffering forms a pounding subtext — if [...]
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The English Major by Jim Harrison - Review
Swan Peak by James Lee Burke - Review
Swan Peak: A Dave Robicheaux Novel by James Lee Burke
After the devastating events of hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Cajun police detective Dave Robicheaux and his unpredictable ex-partner Clete Purcel have headed for the achingly beautiful landscape of the Bitterroot Valley in Montana to fish. But Burke cannot allow these two characters to exist in [...]
OUT BACKWARD by Ross Raisin - Review
Out Backward by Ross Raisin
Ross Raisin’s first novel, “Out Backward,” shares the same landscape as “Wuthering Heights,” but don’t get the wrong idea. Heathcliff is a mascot these days, not a menace, and the Yorkshire moors have become cushy real estate. Londoners “loopy for farmhouses” have moved up in droves, eager to test the fresh [...]
Leather Maiden by Joe R. Lansdale - Review
Leather Maiden by Joe R. Lansdale
Lansdale’s new novel, “Leather Maiden,” is lightweight in comparison to his earlier work, an airplane novel just right for reading during those new, expanded-time flights from coast to coast. That isn’t a criticism, however: In this novel, Lansdale has created a landscape of broken dreams, skewed personalities and hope still [...]
