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A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889 by Frederic Morton
Penguin (Non-Classics) (1980), Paperback, 352 pages
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The White Tyger (Tor Fantasy) by Paul Park
patrickgarson's review: "Paul Park's penultimate volume in his Roumania quartet is probably the weakest of the series so far, but for all that it's still pretty good. Now in well into the parallel...
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Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
Penguin (1988), Mass Market Paperback, 547 pages
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Firebreak (Parker Novels) by Richard Stark
Mysterious Press (2001), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 288 pages
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The Red Wolf Conspiracy by Robert V. S. Redick
Del Rey (2009), Edition: First American Edition, Hardcover, 464 pages
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Michel de Montaigne: Selected Essays by Charles Cotton
Borders (2004), Hardcover, 476 pages
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All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison
patrickgarson's review: "I've never liked SuperMan - but this volume has really made me reconsider him. Morrison's light, rollicking stories married to Quitely's gorgeous artwork and some divine...
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The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
patrickgarson's review: "The World Without Us feels like some great feature articles that have been mashed together and desperately stretched to reach book length. Weisman unearths some very...
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The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
patrickgarson's review: "The clear antecedent of The Sisters Brothers is not literary, but cinematic: If Jim Jarmusch's film, Dead Man,, appealed to you with its violent surrealism, then the book is...
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Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton
patrickgarson's review: "Cry, The Beloved Country is a deceptively simple novel, but underneath its parable-prose there is a lot of weight. The book hits you emotionally, first, but there's plenty to...
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The cartographer by Peter Twohig
patrickgarson's review: "Twohig's book combines two things I generally hate - Parochial Australian novels, and books narrated by precocious youngsters - and produces a very enjoyable yarn that I found...
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Red Planet Noir by D B Grady
patrickgarson's review: "There are certain things a person can expect from a book titled "Red Planet Noir", and a Pulitzer ain't one of them. But if your ears prick up on hearing the name, then you...
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A dry white season by André Brink
patrickgarson's review: "It's important to put Brink's book in its historical context, but having done that it's a rewarding, powerful book. Ben Du Toit is a white South African school teacher whose...
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Silver lies by Ann Parker
patrickgarson's review: "Silver Lies is a very competent historical mystery that doesn't overplay its hand of modest charms. The result is a book that successfully kept me immersed and appreciative of...
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A Mankind Witch by Dave Freer
patrickgarson's review: "Dave Freer's Norse mythology pastiche doesn't overstay its welcome, nor take itself too seriously. The result is a fast, enjoyable, "holiday"-type read with an enjoyable...
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Garrett,P.I. by Glen Cook
patrickgarson's review: "Another solid entry in the "Garret, P.I" series by Glen Cook, this series is fast become a reading "comfort food" for me. Everything is cooked just right: the plot is not...
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Country of My Skull by Antjie Krog
patrickgarson's review: "Country of My Skull is an astonishing book. Krog's attempt to embrace, explicate, and bear witness to South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission is complicated,...
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Blackout: An Inspector Espinosa Mystery (Inspector Espinosa Mysteries) by...
Picador (2009), Edition: First Edition, Paperback, 256 pages
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