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Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned

August 2, 2013 by Drew

The Short Version: This debut collection of stories features tales of men, boys, and the ones stuck in between the two – all of them American, to the core (even in the title story, which is about Vikings but feels writ in an American vernacular).  There are Vikings, carnies, and plenty of women – but make no mistake: this is a late-summer collection of stories about the kind of guys they don’t really make anymore. The Review: Something has always […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature, Short Stories • Tags: Everything Burned, Everything Ravaged, Everything Ravaged Everything Burned, Fiction, Literature, Short Stories, The Tournament of Books 2010, Wells Tower

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Wolf Hall

May 7, 2011 by Drew

The Short Version: The story of Thomas Cromwell, real-life figure from the reign of Henry VIII.  We get a brief glimpse of his life as a boy and then jump forward to his time with Cardinal Wolsey and his eventual rise to Henry’s chief advisor.  Meanwhile, in England, Henry is working to fracture the church, Anne Boleyn is working her way into his heart and bed, and most of the English court is playing a double game while they wait to […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Biography, Fiction, Hilary Mantel, Historical, The Rooster, The Tournament of Books 2010, Thomas Cromwell, Wolf Hall

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Big Machine

February 5, 2011 by Drew

The Short Version: Ricky Rice, former junkie and current janitor, receives an envelope with a cryptic message and a bus ticket.  He takes the plunge into the unknown, surfacing at the Washburn Library in Vermont along with other stray souls, where they become Unlikely Scholars, looking into strange phenomena around the country that might have to do with the Voice of God.  Rice ends up in California, hunting down a rogue scholar, and ends up in wayyyyy over his head. […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Big Machine, Fiction, Horror, Literature, Religion, The Tournament of Books 2010, Victor LaValle

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