Telegraph Avenue May 18, 2013I realize thinking back on Michael Chabon’s books that I’m less of a fan than I thought I...
Juliet, Naked October 25, 2011Did you ever have that cool uncle? You know, the one that was 38 and drank and smoked...
Visit From the Goon Squad September 25, 2011I’m always a little skeptical of books about the music biz. Not because I peripherally work in it,...
Sunset Park July 9, 2011Yet another Brooklyn book from Paul Auster. Yet another reason why I ask myself after finishing one of...
The Pregnant Widow May 10, 2011I’ve read a bunch of Martin Amis books over the years. And I gotta say that he can...
Freedom March 14, 2011I know as a guy with the word hipster in his URL I’m supposed to pray at the...
The Coast of Akron April 29, 2008As a matter of full disclosure, I will freely admit that I have never taken an art history...
The Diviners December 20, 2007I’ve only read one Moody book and seen one film based on one of his books. Purple America was...
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things May 15, 2007If you’re the type of person who looks for his books to have plots, this is not the...
The Brooklyn Follies April 15, 2007Somehow you’d think with a title that this that there might be at least, like, one laugh somewhere...
On Beauty March 15, 2007After reading White Teeth I pretty much decided to read anything and everything that Zadie Smith put out....
Man Walks Into a Room October 15, 2006I had no idea that Nicole Krauss was the wife of Everything Is Illuminated author, Jonathan Safran Foer, before...
A Long Way Down July 1, 2006Suicide is not really that funny–at least not in that haha kind of way. It is, however, the...
Cosmopolis February 15, 2005DeLillo is often a tough sell. Everything is metaphor and high-minded social commentary–the earmarks of post-modern literature. Of...
You Shall Know Our Velocity June 1, 2004Is it wrong of me to like this book? It seems that just about everyone out there thinks...
The Autograph Man December 19, 2003Some might call it a sophomore slump. I call it biting off more than you can Jew. Before...
A Thing (Or Two) About Curtis and Camilla October 1, 2003Trendy usually makes for bad books. They’re dated before they even come out. Authors mention name brand clothing...
The Buzzing August 15, 2003So, I took a chance on this one–definitely not the first time, but maybe the last. The idea...
