... Gregory Feeley extols the virtues of Paul Muldoon: Multitude of rhyme, depth of impact.
Carlin Romano finds that Daniel Kehlmann's novel about Alexander vn Humboldt and Carl Freidrich Gausss, Measuring the World, does indeed measure up: Two intellects, two humans.
David Walton finds Richard Posner's The Little Book of Plagiarism brief and enlightening: A judge looks at issues of plagiarism.
Kevin Grauke sees Roddy Doyle returning to form with Paula Spencer: Irish storyteller spins some of his best.
Katherine Bailey is impressed with Claire Tomalin's Thomas Hardy: Putting a literary giant in his place.
David Motgomery is enthusiastic about John Lescroart's The Suspect: It's murder and it looks like he dunit.
Sandy Bauers loves the way Calvin Trillin reads: Trillin gracefully carries off 'About Alice,' his adored wife.
During the past week:
Jack Fischel was very impressedw ith Daniel Mendelsohn's The Lost: Holocaust horror on a personal level.
And John Luckacs has high praise for Hugh Sebag-Montefiore's Dunkirk: Dunkirk, beyond the epic rescue.
And in case you missed it, here again is David Hiltbrand's account of Goodiscon: Honoring a master of Philly noir.
I promised I wouldn't comment on the mix. So I won't.
This is so impressive, Frank. What a wonderful range of books reviewed for your paper's readers. It is a great quality read -- I hope the Editor and owners appreciate the exceptional standard of what they are publishing, compared with virtually any other newspaper in the world.
ReplyDeleteMy congratulations to you for producing this even during unsettling times and the recent Christmas break.
I second Maxine. I am now a regular reader of most American newspaper book review sections, and very few manage to match up to the range Philly offers. Even when they do, they rarely cover varied fiction, such as Indian, or books that ought to be read for whatever reasons.
ReplyDelete*Doffs hat to Frank*