The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy I read Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice last week. The edition I… Read more The Death of Ivan Ilych
Category: Book Diary
I read a lot. Mostly fiction. I love literature. I try to read the best. Classics more than popular bestsellers. I like the way one novel will lead me to the next, how, (in the way of all great art) novels will reference other novels, or at least make me think of others. Since July 2020 I’ve made it a practice to write a post about every book I read. If you’d like to see if I’ve read a particular book, click on the Reading List for an alphabetical list by author’s last name.
Quatrefoil
Quatrefoil by James Barr James Fugate wrote Quatrefoil, under the pseudonym James Barr, in 1950. It’s not a great novel.… Read more Quatrefoil
Death in Venice
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann After reading Memories of My Melancholy Whores (Gabriel Garcia Marquez: 90 year-old man, 14… Read more Death in Venice
Lolita
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov One of the greats. And one of my all time favorites. I’ve read the book three… Read more Lolita
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez This is the last work of fiction published by Marquez. It… Read more Memories of My Melancholy Whores
I am Michael Alago
I am Michael Alago: Breathing Music, Signing Metallica, Beating Death by Michael Alago with Laura Davis-Chanin Michael Alago is one… Read more I am Michael Alago
Shuggie Bain
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart “Shuggie” is Hugh Bain, a boy growing up in Glasgow, Scotland in the 1980s. Clearly,… Read more Shuggie Bain
The Great Eastern
The Great Eastern by Howard A. Rodman An ingenious and very fun book bringing 19th century fictional Captains Ahab and… Read more The Great Eastern
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carre My second, and I’m certain, my last, John Le Carre book. I… Read more Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold by John le Carre This is not the kind of novel I… Read more The Spy Who Came In From the Cold