The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934) by James M. Cain Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 116 pages ===== This is an almost archetypal example of hard-boiled fiction. You have a desperate man and an amoral woman, and when they get together they’re much worse than they could be on their own. They commit a crime and think [...]
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
Posted in Book Reviews, tagged james m cain, recommended, usa on February 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The End of the Affair
Posted in Book Reviews, tagged graham greene, recommended, uk on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The End of the Affair (1951) by Graham Greene Penguin Books 187 pages ===== The world of Graham Greene, to me, is one where everything is bathed in a slightly sickly green shade of light. A piece of your clothing has had a bit of vomit merely brushed off with a few sweeps of the [...]
Parallel Play
Posted in Book Reviews, tagged biography, film, music, recommended, tim page, usa on January 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Parallel Play: Growing Up with Undiagnosed Asperger’s (2009) by Tim Page Doubleday 208 pages ===== This book should be called Tim Page’s Pretty Great Life. There’s an assumption with memoirs or biographies, especially ones that refer to a difficult condition in the subtitle, that there will be a significant dosage of mess-ups, misery and misfortune. [...]
