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Mistress of the Ritz

June 7, 2019

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I began this week with a novel that took place partly during World War II so will keep it clean and end that way. Except, Mistress of the Ritz takes place in the thick of it—Nazi headquarters in ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: historical fiction, Paris, WWII

The Collector’s Apprentice: A Novel

October 24, 2018

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Before I share my thoughts on The Collector's Apprentice, B.A. Shapiro's new art world novel, I need to fess up that this books contains two big pieces of literary kryptonite for me. One is kind ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Algonquin Books, art, historical fiction, mystery, Paris

Katerina: A Novel by James Frey

September 27, 2018

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Last week I wrote about The Golden State, a novel that literally flowed, with very little punctuation or grammar, from the protagonist’s mind. Oddly, enough immediately after that book, I read James ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: coming-of-age, contemporary life, Paris

Paris in the Present Tense

October 23, 2017

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  Despite seeing his parents murdered by Nazis in a city outside of Paris when he was four, Jules Lacour has remained a loyal Frenchman his entire life. A classical musician, now in his 70s, he ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: literary, Paris, suspense, The Overlook Press

Nonfiction November: Book Pairings

November 18, 2016

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  This week the Nonfiction November folks (Katie at Doing Dewey, Lory at Emerald City Book Review, Rachel at Hibernator’s Library, Julz at Julz Reads and Sarah at Sarah's Book Shelves) asked for ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature, Reading Tagged: 1950s, Manhattan, memoir, Pacific Northwest, Paris

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