Tag Archives: California
** When the Killing is Done by T.C. Boyle
When the Killing’s Done has an intriguing setting, the Northern Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara, an intriguing premise, a decision by the park service, which administers the islands, to get rid of non-native fauna (rats and feral … Continue reading
Filed under New fiction
Model Home by Eric Puchner
The hero of Model Home is a would-be developer in Southern California whose luxurious car, furniture, and house are slowly repossessed while he fails to sell any of the cheap houses he built out in the desert, unfortunately next door … Continue reading
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U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton
I’m a big fan of Sue Grafton and I liked U is for Undertow, but only so much. Kinsey Millhone successfully untangles a decades-old murder and conspiracy with many twists and turns, nothing spectacular.
Lost in the Forest by Sue Miller
Lost in the Forest is the story of a familywhose father dies accidentally, which brings his stepdaughters closer to their dad, and one of them into a very ill-advised affair with a supposed friend of the family. It’s all very … Continue reading
Filed under New fiction
Golden Dreams by Kevin Starr
Golden Dreams tells the story of California between 1950 and 1963, which is a big challenge since the author undertakes to tell us all about literary life, music, intrigues in the Catholic church hierarchy and the LAPD, water shortages, freeways, … Continue reading
Filed under Non fiction
My Lobotomy by Howard Dully
I read My Lobotomy several months ago but, having heard a radio program featuring the author, I thought I would share this disturbing and awkward book. My Lobotomy is the story of how an exasperating but profoundly normal kid clashed … Continue reading
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