It all makes for a rather melancholy and — in its complicated investigations and its details — oddly wending-all-over-the-place novel, but also an interesting journey.
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The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri
I think this is the sort of book you have to be in the mood for. The humor just didn’t resonate with me and none of the characters really struck me.
Continue readingA Long Way Off by Pascal Garnier
What an odd little book. Bills itself as noir but veers close to black comedy. It is French so perhaps I should have expected weird … :-)
Continue readingJob: A New Translation by Edward L. Greenstein
Greenstein’s Job is a bold, highly original challenge to centuries, if not millenniums, of scholarship and theology. It is a no-holds-barred assertion of a new way of looking at Job, the honest, upright gentile who, in the biblical book, is afflicted with waves of misery from God and asks the Deity: Why me?
Continue readingThe Great and the Good by Michel Deon
The book is intriguing because it almost feels like a classic. A classic in the sense that it captures the time period perfectly – 1950’s America as an industrial and commercial giant. In contrast, it is perplexing due to the structure of the book. It is a bit tedious at times. Tedious in the organization – paragraphs go on for several pages and the dialogue is a bit hard to follow in certain parts.
Continue readingThe Eskimo Solution by Pascal Garnier
I usually stray away from noir-themed books due to their very nature, but this book intrigued me based on the plot. Like all noir novels, this is a bleak and depressing story. Despite the very dark nature, Garnier writes beautifully. He captures the scenes in the book perfectly by allowing the reader easily visualize the scenes.
Continue readingThe Land of Dreams by Vidar Sundstol
Those interested in Scandanavia crime novels and/or the Great Lakes Region will surely want to check this one out (unless you can read Norwegian and have already read the series!). Those looking for a fast-paced crime novel will be disappointed while those with a more psychological bent will likely enjoy.
Continue readingThe Land of Dreams by Vidar Sundstol
Those interested in Scandanavia crime novels and/or the Great Lakes Region will surely want to check this one out (unless you can read Norwegian and have already read the series!). Those looking for a fast-paced crime novel will be disappointed while those with a more psychological bent will likely enjoy.
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