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As I was reading Kris Saknussemm’s debut novel Zanesville, I kept wondering, “In what part of the universe does this guy’s mind reside?” I know it’s an entirely different plane then mine — but that’s a good thing. If forced to pigeonhole Zanesville, you would probably categorize the book as science fiction. But that is […] It seems appropriate that the first image you see when you open this work is reminiscent of the Crypt Keeper. After all, the topic is something most people fear — law. In fact, the specific area, copyright law, even causes the knees of some lawyers to quake. Bound by Law? is a comic book (or […] Granted, it’s a logical progression but Mary Roach’s choice of book subjects does make a person wonder. Her first book was Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers. She’s now followed that with Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife. Fortunately, the latter is told with the same light touch and playfulness as the former. Roach truly […] Thomas Mahey feels the literal and figurative walls around him. As the narrator of Justin Tussing’s debut novel, The Best People in the World, Thomas takes us with him on his search for freedom. It is 1972. Thomas is a 17-year-old living in Paducah, Kentucky, a town with a 20-foot high floodwall erected to protect […] In mid-August 2000 much of the world riveted its attention on the Barents Sea as reports came in of the sinking of the Russian submarine Kursk. How did this happen? Were there survivors? Ramsey Flynn, an award-winning magazine journalist, was so drawn in that he knew he had to write about it. Some 75 days […] |
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