The Secret History of Las Vegas Author: Chris Abani ISBN: 978-0143124955 Penguin Books, 2014 $16.00 Chris Abani’s The Secret History of Las Vegas is part thriller/murder mystery, part indictment against the brutality and injustice of apartheid in South Africa,...
Robert Kostuck reviews A Map of Everything by Elizabeth Earley. A Map of Everything Author: Elizabeth Earley Release date: March 2, 2014 Jaded Ibis Press, 2014, 288 pp., ISBN 978-1-937543-48-8 Black-on-cream edition: $16.99; Full-color edition: $49.00;...
Melanie J. Cordova reviews Come By Here by Tom Noyes. Come By Here Author: Tom Noyes Autumn House Press, 2014 ISBN: 1932870938 $13.66 Author Tom Noyes’ collection Come By Here is a demonstration of how setting ought to be treated in fiction: as a means to...
Watch an expert carpenter mitre crown moulding, and you get the effect of Perle Besserman’s 2013 novel about turning points which deftly veers around as much of a corner as did The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde in 1886 for fans of Robert Louis Stevenson’s...
Sheila R. Lamb reviews Light Lifting by Alexander MacLeod. Light Lifting Author: Alexander MacLeod Biblioasis, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-897231-94-4 CAD $19.95/US $16.95 Light Lifting by Alexander MacLeod is anything but light. In a collection of seven short...
