Review of Biographical Fiction – SEVEN CIRCUMSTANCES

by MMB July 2, 2020

Falling for the Leopard – Lampedusa, by Steven Price

Do you where Lampedusa is? Or what it is? Steven Price’s historical novel, Lampedusa, is not actually about the islandContinue Reading

by MMB June 8, 2019

Discussion of film/TV series Non-fiction Review of Biographical Fiction

Read the books before you judge the films – GoT and Florence Foster Jenkins

Game of Thrones has now ended, and amid the uproar about the storyline and perceived-as-unsatisfactory conclusion of the final season, despairingContinue Reading

by MMB April 19, 2019

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A howl from the guts – White Out by Martine Delvaux

Before you read White Out it is best that you know that this book is written somewhat in the styleContinue Reading

by MMB January 11, 2018

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Review in a 57-second video – Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders

Compact Crits #2: 57-second review of Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders.

by MMB January 10, 2018

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A Triumph of Imagination – Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders

This is one review I composed carefully, as the novel is in a format I have never seen before, inContinue Reading