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The Priest and the Peaches by Larry Peterson
reviewed by Jody Rakis The novel, The Priest and the Peaches, is the story of five children left to manage on their own. It is a story about love and blind faith. A faith that was taught to them by their parents and by their priest. It is a … [Read More...]
Lessons in the Journey by Patrick Dawson
reviewed by Ellen Gable Hrkach Lessons in the Journey by first-time novelist Patrick Dawson is the hopeful and moving story of Elizabeth “Liz” Finch, a pediatric surgeon. At the beginning of the novel, she learns that her 14-year-old … [Read More...]
Pro Luce Habere, volume II, by Krisi Keley
reviewed by Ellen Gable Hrkach The second volume of Pro Luce Habere (To Have Before the Light) is an incredibly compelling read. Valery continues to be haunted by the darkness and death he has seen in the human world around him. Yet he is unable … [Read More...]
The Soul Reader by Gerard Webster
reviewed by Tannia Ortiz-Lopès The Soul Reader is the long-awaited sequel of the award winning book, In-Sight, from extraordinary Catholic author Gerard Webster. In the first book, Mr. Webster introduces three main characters: Ward McNulty, a … [Read More...]
Cheapskates and Jimmy Bench Press by Charlie Stella
reviewed by Steve Weatherbe Wow, just after finishing Pelecanos' The Cut, I come across someone writing in a similar vein, Charlie Stella. I've read two of his novels now. Cheapskates and Jimmy Bench Press, set in Brooklyn, and sharing many … [Read More...]
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A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark
reviewed by Roy Peachey Muriel Spark's A Far Cry from Kensington is a playful, clever and occasionally disturbing comic novel. It is also a book about the publishing industry but it's far from being a self-obsessed … [Read More...]
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
reviewed by John Murphy First published in 1890, The Picture of Dorian Gray remains a puzzling, paradoxical book. Camille Paglia called it “a web of Romantic fascination, a force field of Apollonian and daemonic … [Read More...]
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
reviewed by Rebecca Barclay It is helpful to know Dosteovsky’s aim in The Idiot before digging into the book itself. Dosteovsky writes, For a long time already there was an idea that had been bothering me, but I … [Read More...]
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
reviewed by Arthur Powers Short stories are the chamber music of literature, using the same instruments to create, on a smaller scale, a different and complementary art form. Katherine Anne Porter was a deft short … [Read More...]
1981 Brideshead Revisited TV adaptation, 30 years later
It certainly has gone down in my book as one of the best film adaptations of a classic novel, Catholic or otherwise, ever made: the 11-hour 1981 TV adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited succeeded largely due … [Read More...]
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