JOE
A Man Without Breath by Philip Kerr
“A Man Without Breath is the newest Bernie Gunther novel. This is my favorite current noir series. With Bernie Gunther who is a sometime private investigator, sometime Berlin police officer, sometime member of the Nazi SD, and sometime war criminal is once again thrust into a situation not of his choosing. Like the previous books in the series this one explores shades of grey in a world of bure blackness. Asigned to investigate the Katyn Massacre, Gunther is thrust in to a murder investigation that that will test his ability to stick to his moral code. Philip Kerr’s novels exemplify Raymond Chandler’s dictum that the private investigator is a knight in tarnished armor waging war against the corrupt society that surrounds them, and you can’t get more tarnished than a PI in Nazi Germany. I LOVE this series and of course HIGHLY recommend it.”
Join us Thursday, April 25 when Philip Kerr will be in store speaking and signing A Man Without a Breath.
SHAPPY
Nuts by Gahan Wilson
“Nuts is a collection of Gahan Wilson cartoons originally published in the mid 1970’s in National Lampoon magazine of his recollections of growing up in the 1950’s. Gahan, known for his ghosts and goblins, perfectly illustrates the horrors of childhood, in all of it’s baffling, terrifying, and sad glory. He brings to life a childhood reminiscent of Jean Shepherd’s A Christmas Story.”
JULIE
Son by Philipp Meyer
“I’ll be honest: I’m a Yankee. Born and bred on Long Island, NY. I have not read Lonesome Dove. I have not read any sweeping saga set in Texas. In fact, I haven’t read a heck of a lot of Texas history (please stop throwing things at me; what do you know about the history of Madison Square Garden? Actually, there’s a really great book that can help with that – American Eve, fabulous nonfiction about Evelyn Nesbit, architect Stanford White and NYC at the turn of the last century – but I digress.) So when I picked up Son by Philip Meyer, I did so with the heavy mantel of “I really ought to read this…because I live in Texas…and because people keep throwing things at me for having not read Lonesome Dove.” Guess what? So far, it’s freaking awesome! Boy howdy can Meyer can tell a story. I’m not too far into it, but I’m already loving the overlapping histories of this family and putting together where each character stands in the lineage. A friend of mine has already read this and tells me it only gets better–and bloodier. I can’t wait!
“The News From Spain is the type of collection of stories that will really seep into your consciousness. I found myself on more than one occasion thinking back over her characters, as if they still existed outside of these tiny portals into their lives. Did he ever come out? Did the choreographer leave his wife? Why didn’t Elvira just run him over? These are all thoughts I have, because much like the love around which these stories center, I am crazy. The News From Spain is truly storytelling at it’s finest.”
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