In eleventh-grade English class, we studied "Oedipus Rex" and I fell in love with the idea that a story so old could still be compelling. But the idea of reading these classic texts outside a classroom seemed unthinkable. You know how some books become all-the-more intimidating the longer you leave
Headline - Review, 2012 The Flying Man opens in 2012, in France; our hero is preparing to die, looking back on his life. He's in Biarritz, but wouldn't it sound better to say that he was in Paris? And wouldn't it sound better to say that he is
House of Anansi, 2011 It's with those proverbial good intentions that Reverend Neil MacKenzie moves to St. Kilda. (Oh, dear: you know the risk here, right?) He is travelling there -- accompanied by his young pregnant wife, Elizabeth -- to bring his faith to the island's residents. (Think
Ian Hamilton has envisioned his Ava Lee series as a multi-volume work. When he finishes writing one volume, he begins writing the next on the following day. Ironically, the action in the second volume (The Disciple of Las Vegas) actually also picks up on the following day, immediately
Most readers picking up The Disciple of Las Vegas will have previously met Ava Lee in the first volume of the series, The Water Rat of Wanchai. Nonetheless, one could begin reading the series with this volume. Indeed, in some ways it provides a clearer understanding of some
