In Praise of Nuance
December 28, 2014Capturing just the right word has a joy all its own. Even if it means getting lost in the dictionary.
Book Review: The Stone Wife
December 22, 2014This review was originally published on 3 December 2014 in the Washington Independent Review of Books. What do a cliché-spouting Korean pop star, a love-struck weapons dealer, a brutally vengeful land developer, a haughty-but-position-hungry professor, and a 700-year-old carving of a large woman on a small horse have in common? They all figure prominently […]
Book Review: The Dog: A Novel
December 20, 2014This review was originally published 20 November 2014 in the Washington Independent Review of Books. Living in a swanky waterfront highrise, cruising in a sweet ride, pulling in big bucks from a cushy (if mind-numbing) job, rubbing elbows with the mega-rich: not hard to take, you say? Then you haven’t read The Dog: A […]
Book Review: The Shimmering Go-Between
October 24, 2014This review was originally published 24 September 2014 in the Washington Independent Review of Books. By the time a book is in galley form and sent out for review, there is almost always a synopsis on Amazon or Edelweiss that describes the plot. For The Shimmering Go-Between, Lee Klein’s debut novel (Atticus Books, 295 […]
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