Book Reviews

“Schwartz didn’t notice the kid during the game. Or rather, he noticed only what everyone else did – that he was the smallest player on the field, a scrawny novelty of a shortstop, quick of foot but weak with the …

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” One of the most famous opening lines in literature, from one of the most heralded novels ever written. Yet what cannot be comprehended until the pages of …

“This is it. Her head was strangely clear despite the blood filling up her nose and mouth. An inch from her eye, the floor of the toilet was that kind of speckled plastic you got in public buildings, the dots …

“It would appear that I am to be the first to write a book on Gillespie. Who, if not me, was dealt that hand? Indeed, one might say, who else is left to tell the tale? Ned Gillespie: artist, innovator, …

“The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it, no paper notices on downtown posts and billboards, no mentions or advertisements in local newspapers. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.” The same could be not be said …