Month: January 2023
Wino for Your Love
Wino for Your Love I taught fiction at the University of Southern Maine for seven...
Carr, Caleb: The Alienist
The Alienist by Caleb Carr relates the story of a serial killer of preteen boys...
Christie, Agatha: The ABC Murders
In terms of sales, Agatha Christie is led only by the Bible (with the advantage...
Mason, Richard: The World of Suzie Wong
I first read The World of Suzie Wong as a teenager, and again earlier this...
Nabokov, Vladimir: Lolita
Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the...
Proust, Marcel: Swann’s Way
I first read Swann's Way by Marcel Proust when I was 32, much too young...
War & Peace (the movie)
Searching online for movie versions of War & Peace, I found American and Russian productions...