March 17, 2005
Quick Notes
A good review of Jonathan Lethem's new collection of essays, The Disappointment Artist in the New York Observer.
Got a nice note from Ulrich Baer, editor and translator of a new book put out by the Modern Library called The Poet's Guide to Life: The Wisdom of Rilke. Sound interesting. Have a look.
- C. Max Magee @ 3:00 PM ~
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Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
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Lost City Radio by Daniel Alarcon ***1/2
Bowl of Cherries by Millard Kaufman ****1/2
The Biggest Game in Town by A. Alvarez ****
Last One In by Nicholas Kulish **
Dishwasher by Pete Jordan **1/2
Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin *****
The Old Patagonian Express by Paul Theroux ****1/2
The Cottagers by Marshall N. Klimasewiski *
Blue Taxi by N. S. Koenings 1/2
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson **1/2
Encounters with the Archdruid by John McPhee ****1/2
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2006 ****
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware ***
English Passengers by Matthew Kneale ***
Looking for a Ship by John McPhee ****1/2
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers ****
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carre ****1/2
White Earth by Andrew McGahan ***1/2
Crossing California by Adam Langer ***1/2
