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Books - James Church’s “A Corpse in the Koryo”

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

A Corpse in the Koryo: An Inspector O Novel by James Church
My review
rating: 3 of 5 stars
One of my coworkers is married to an editor for St. Martin’s, and he came to a company party one time with a bunch of free books. Among the stack, I saw A Corpse in the Koryo and the [...]

Books - Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road”

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
My review
I ran through the book in the course of about two-and-a-half hours the other day, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I’m not going to spend a lot of time comparing his work to Faulkner or Hemingway, or even discussing the literary devices he chooses to employ. Honestly, I don’t care which [...]