Chronicle of a Blood Merchant is the second book I have read by Yu Hua, and though perhaps not as moving as To Live, Chronicle shows, unequivocally, why Mr. Yu belongs to the upper echelon of China’s most celebrated contemporary writers. The story of Xu Sanguan and […]
Read More(Originally published in Blogcritics.com) Seveneves would have certainly worked better as two stand-alone novels. Stephenson should have paid more attention not only to the structure, but also to the style. His writing needed to be more focused on the story and characters, than interesting facts. And yet, its many […]
Read MoreArticle first published as Book Review: The Man Who Smiled by Henning Mankell on Blogcritics. The Man Who Smiled (Mannen som log) is the fourth instalment in Henning Mankell’s highly acclaimed Kurt Wallander series. The plot revolves around three murders and the figure of Alfred Harderberg, […]
Read MoreOn a winter snowy day, a life-raft is washed up on the shores of the small Swedish town of Ystad. Two dead bodies with bullet-holes in their chests are found inside the raft. From the start it looks like one of those cases that promise nothing […]
Read MoreBUY IT FROM: Amazon.co.uk – Amazon.com – The Book Depository Enter the world of Jane Charlotte, a mid-thirty washed-up girl from California who is locked up in a white room, in the “nut wing” of Las Vegas’ Clark County Detention Center. She is sitting handcuffed at […]
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