McCarthy’s The Road Reviewed in Times
William Kennedy provides a big review of Cormac McCarthy’s new novel, The Road, in Sunday’s New York Times. I really enjoyed the novel, especially when I was on the verge of not enjoying the novel. Let me explain. As the NYT review explains, the novel is about a father and son’s lengthy trek to the coast in…
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A reader in Washington claimed the free Salinger books. Thanks to everyone who emailed me. Hope you all have a great weekend!
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I’m at risk of my bookshelves falling through the floor, so I’m back to cleaning out the collection somewhat. One of my book collecting strategies is to keep first editions, hardbacks, and other things that are difficult to find. And to thin out the collection, I tend to get rid of classic, but inexpensive, paperbacks that…
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There’s that scene in Rocky III when the Italian Stallion hangs a photo of Clubber Lang. Every morning and every night, Rocky stares into the mirror and sees his enemy looking back at him. Now, you might not ever reach a triumphant moment on the literary beach, when you out-pace your teacher, and you might…
continue readingProtecting Your Blind Side Is Worth Seven Figures
Variety reported that the film rights to Michael Lewis’s The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game were won by Twentieth Century Fox in “in a heated bidding war that pushed the price past seven figures.” Although Lewis’s previous best seller Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game dealt with baseball, his newest book looks at college…
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