Tag Archives: memoir
In the Mail: Out in Paperback
I hope to actually start to digging my way out of my read-but-not-reviewed hole this week. In the meantime, checkout these well reviewed works coming out in paperback (or will soon). –> The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy … Continue reading
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Tagged Fiction, Jennet Conant, memoir, Michael Greenberg, non-fiction, Sophie Hannah
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Are You Kidding Me? by Rocco Mediate & John Feinstein
As the players struggle to get their rounds in at rain soaked Bethpage Black what better time to take a look back at last years amazing US Open golf tournament. Are You Kidding Me?: The Story of Rocco Mediate’s Extraordinary … Continue reading
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Tagged John Feinstein, memoir, non-fiction, PGA Tour, Rocco Mediate, Tiger Woods, Torrey Pines Golf Course, US Open
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In the Mail: Weekend Edition
–> The Stalin Epigram by Robert Littell Publishers Weekly Veteran espionage novelist Littell (Vicious Circle; The Company; etc.) trades cold war spies for interwar Russian poets in his wonderful new novel. In 1934, real-life poet Osip Mandelstam struggles to get … Continue reading
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Tagged David Carr, Fiction, Lawrence block, memoir, non-fiction, Robert Littell
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Plain Secrets: An Outsider among the Amish by Joe Mackall
I first heard about Joe Mackall at an event at Ohio State this past summer with Dinty Moore. I like what I heard and so picked up both Last Street Before Cleveland and [amazon-product region=”us” text=”Plain Secrets: An Outsider among … Continue reading
The Last Street Before Cleveland by Joe Mackall
For some reason if a book doesn’t get reviewed relatively quickly I struggle mightily to get around to it at all. This habit vexes me to no end and this year I have tried, with varying degrees of success, to … Continue reading