by Addison Fleming | Jun 14, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
Pierre-François Chaumont has always considered himself a collector; his favorite destination the auction house across the street from his place of work. When he discovers the pièce de résistance for his collection, a painting with an uncanny resemblance to himself, he...
by Stephen Febick | Apr 10, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Horror, Mystery, Crime & Thriller
Mohammad Rabie’s Otared is a novel built on hardships and the detachment that it creates. It’s a look at poverty and struggle in Egypt in AD 2025 as citizens seek out existence in Cairo’s war-torn landscape. Otared’s matter of fact tone and simply put depictions of...
by Philip Rafferty | Feb 22, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Mystery, Crime & Thriller
Javier Marias is the author of more than a dozen novels and his Your Face Tomorrow trilogy has been lauded by some as the greatest European work of the 21st century. Marias’ work is always a high literary endeavor, Marias himself an anglophile who got into the...
by Mary-Lynne Monroe | Oct 28, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Restless Books Formats: Paperback, eBook Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] Occasionally, the translation of an international book captures the beauty and nuance one imagines to be that...
by Howard Leighton | May 5, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Stockholm Text Formats: Paperback, eBook, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | iBooks[/alert] The house Astrid has known for her entire life of six years is being sold by her mother, Cornelia Garansson. They...
