Category: Book Reviews

November 22, 2011

The Big Necessity by Rose George **** (of 4)

Summary: Everybody poops. Nobody talks about it. It’s a big problem everywhere. In the First World disposing of sewage consumes too much water and generates...

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November 20, 2011

Tinkers by Paul Harding ** (of 4)

An old man lies in his bed surrounded by family and his memories as his life winds down like the clocks he used to fix. ...

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November 7, 2011

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach ** (of 4)

A book about and probably for young adults, and not a very good one at that, about a high school farm boy accepted at a...

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October 24, 2011

The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett **** (of 4)

The Queen of England, nearing the age of 80, and bored with the routine of the Royal Wave, Royal Art opening, and Royal Ship inauguration...

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October 16, 2011

The Free World by David Bezmozgis *** (of 4)

A paean to the Russian virtue to endure. This set of Russians are Jewish emigres, among the first to be granted permission to escape the...

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September 30, 2011

The Tiger: A true story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vailiant *** (of 4)

One of those intriguing books about an animal I knew surprisingly little of and a part of the world, eastern Siberia, about which I was...

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September 18, 2011

The Case of the Man who Died Laughing by Tarquin Hall *** (of 4)

The second in the series of Tarquin Hall mysteries taking place in contemporary New Delhi. In this one our food-loving detective, Vish Puri, whose assistants...

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August 26, 2011