Do you love the show Intervention, but find it too glossy and upbeat? Do you feel the problem with Charles Bukowski is that he was just a bit too cheerful? Then this might just be the book for you. Ablutions is narrated by an unnamed Barman (I'd say he's our protagonist but I'm not entirely sure … [Read more]
Magically Delightful
It took me a while to find my feet in this one, but once I did, it was a delightful romp through a fantastical Regency England. In Cho's world, magic is in the air....or it would be if the Fairy Courts hadn't plugged up the hole allowing their magic to trickle into England. But someone's pissed off … [Read more]
The truth is always made up of little particulars which sound ridiculous when repeated.
I am without a doubt certain that this book has a deeply flawed and problematic nature to it. It's a book about a white boy who goes to live with the Cheyenne after his family has been killed. He grows up among them, he learns from them, adopts their culture, customs, and language, proves himself … [Read more]
America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization.
So this is a collection of stories from John O'Hara, who wrote many many more than are contained here, and there's also a weird gap in the middle that I will discuss. For first third of this book, we have very short short stories from about 1935-1950. This represents a period in which John O'Hara … [Read more]