Book Reviews
"The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas ...
Summary "Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure...
"The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas ...
Summary "Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure...
"In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote - Book Review
Summary "The chilling true crime ''non-fiction novel'' that made Truman Capote''s name, In Cold Blood is a seminal work of modern prose, a remarkable synthesis of journalistic skill and powerfully evocative narrative...
"In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote - Book Review
Summary "The chilling true crime ''non-fiction novel'' that made Truman Capote''s name, In Cold Blood is a seminal work of modern prose, a remarkable synthesis of journalistic skill and powerfully evocative narrative...
"The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro - Bo...
Summary "In the summer of 1956, Stevens, a long-serving butler at Darlington Hall, decides to take a motoring trip through the West Country. The six-day excursion becomes a journey into...
"The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro - Bo...
Summary "In the summer of 1956, Stevens, a long-serving butler at Darlington Hall, decides to take a motoring trip through the West Country. The six-day excursion becomes a journey into...
"Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir - Book Review
Summary "Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that....
"Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir - Book Review
Summary "Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that....
"Among Friends" by Hal Ebbott - Book Review
Summary "It's an autumn weekend at a comfortable New York country house where two deeply intertwined families have gathered to mark the host's fifty-second birthday. Together, the group forms an...
"Among Friends" by Hal Ebbott - Book Review
Summary "It's an autumn weekend at a comfortable New York country house where two deeply intertwined families have gathered to mark the host's fifty-second birthday. Together, the group forms an...
"East of Eden" by John Steinbeck - Book Review
Summary "In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book," and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland...
"East of Eden" by John Steinbeck - Book Review
Summary "In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book," and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland...