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Agent Running in the Field – Book Review – The Bad Old Days Are Back!

October 24, 2019 Gerald Jones 0

Fans of John le Carré’s spy novels may have feared his career had peaked with the end of the Cold War. Before then, the stakes seemed higher and the enemies unmistakable if not always overtly […]

Book Review – Heathcliff – The Lost Years (Regained!)

September 22, 2019 Gerald Jones 0

In the book’s frontmatter, novelist David Drum explains how Heathcliff: The Lost Years fits in the extensive literary canon of the persistently popular gothic romance Wuthering Heights: In Emily Bronte’s classic English novel, an adopted young man […]

Book Review – The Dutch House – The Structure Endures

September 15, 2019 Gerald Jones 0

The Dutch House, the new contemporary literary novel by Ann Patchett, is a family saga in the proud tradition of what used to be an all-male club of the Johns – O’Hara, Cheever, and Updike. […]

Hippie Chick – Book Review – Storytelling Is Fundamental

August 27, 2019 Gerald Jones 0

The memoir Hippie Chick: Coming of Age in the ’60s fulfills the promise of its title. Ilene English confesses details of her young life, loves, psychoactive substance use, personal challenges, communal experiences, and spiritual insights. But […]

Book Review – Augmented Mind – Gotta Love AI!

July 18, 2019 Gerald Jones 0

There has been a spate of recent books and media buzz warning of the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI). The fear is that this technology one day might not only surpass humans in intelligence but […]

Book Review: The Electric Hotel – Where’s the Spark?

June 6, 2019 Gerald Jones 0

Released just today (June 6, 2019), the historical novel The Electric Hotel by Dominic Smith tells a story from the earliest days of silent cinema. I was drawn to the book because I’m something of a […]

Book Review: A Tale of Two Rabbis – And Dead People Vote

October 28, 2017 Gerald Jones 0

Okay, I admit I’m a fan of the Rabbi Ben mysteries by Marvin J. Wolf, of which A Tale of Two Rabbis is third in the series. If you want the backstory, read For Whom […]

A Legacy of Spies Book Review – Thoughtful Throwback

August 18, 2017 Gerald Jones 0

A Legacy of Spies by John Le Carré is not for newbies to the world of master-spy George Smiley. You will need the deep background of the Circus, a fictionalized service of British Intelligence. Primarily, […]

Mistress of the Revolution Book Review – Sexual Politics of Yesteryear

July 16, 2017 Gerald Jones 0

Here’s my book review of Mistress of the Revolution by Catherine Delors. How many Americans appreciate the significance of Bastille Day in France? Even students who didn’t skip their world history classes may assume that […]