The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated72 reviews Vladimir Nabokov, Alfred Appel Jr. Vintage, 1991 Adds a new dimension to a novel I admired already + The essence of perfect writing + Approaching Perfection; Incredible Annotations + What is pornography?             When We Were Orphans: A Novel205 reviews Kazuo Ishiguro Vintage, 2001 An unusual and moving story + Fiction Is Not Reality I liked it the first time I read it; when I re-read it I was blown away. Ishiguro works in odd, subtle ways and I guess it took me a while to get it, but get I did. The setting is concrete, the narrative is clear, but they are only partly what Ishiguro seems to be writing about. The section on ...             Brighton Rock41 reviews Graham Greene Penguin Classics, 2004 An interesting mix of theology and gangster drama. + Good enough that I'll never read it again + Modern Feminity Revealed Graham Green always insisted that he was a "writer who was Catholic" rather than a "Catholic writer", which he was often pigeonholed as. Regardless, he frequently incorporated Catholic themes into his writing, all the more interesting because he was not born into the religion, and so approached it ...             Decline and Fall37 reviews Evelyn Waugh Back Bay Books, 1999 Deliciously scathing + The sad story of Paul Pennyfeather + "Monty Python" for People Who Think + The Decline of an Empire & The Fall of Morality             Atonement752 reviews Ian McEwan Anchor, 2007 A Writer Learns About Life + Loved it! + My favorite book... ever. There are so many reviews of this book already that I am loathe to add more redundant verbiage to the pile. So I'll just say that this is my third Ian McEwan novel (having read "On Chesil Beach" and "Saturday" before I read this one), and I must say that he is now one of my favorite writers. This ...             Alias Grace: A Novel166 reviews Margaret Atwood Anchor, 1997 Amazing Grace: how sweet the read + brilliant and absorbing + Stunning + Subtle Genius             The Hound of the Baskervilles (Penguin Classics)125 reviews Arthur Conan Conan Doyle Penguin Classics, 2001 A triumph of atmosphere + A Curse on the Aristocracy + A nice abridgement + A Detective Classic That Fizzles as Literature             Brighton Rock41 reviews Graham Greene Penguin Classics, 2004 An interesting mix of theology and gangster drama. + Good enough that I'll never read it again + Modern Feminity Revealed Graham Green always insisted that he was a "writer who was Catholic" rather than a "Catholic writer", which he was often pigeonholed as. Regardless, he frequently incorporated Catholic themes into his writing, all the more interesting because he was not born into the religion, and so approached it ...             The Hound of the Baskervilles (Penguin Classics)125 reviews Arthur Conan Conan Doyle Penguin Classics, 2001 A triumph of atmosphere + A Curse on the Aristocracy + A nice abridgement + A Detective Classic That Fizzles as Literature             Atonement752 reviews Ian McEwan Anchor, 2007 A Writer Learns About Life + Loved it! + My favorite book... ever. There are so many reviews of this book already that I am loathe to add more redundant verbiage to the pile. So I'll just say that this is my third Ian McEwan novel (having read "On Chesil Beach" and "Saturday" before I read this one), and I must say that he is now one of my favorite writers. This ...             The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated72 reviews Vladimir Nabokov, Alfred Appel Jr. Vintage, 1991 Adds a new dimension to a novel I admired already + The essence of perfect writing + Approaching Perfection; Incredible Annotations + What is pornography?             Decline and Fall37 reviews Evelyn Waugh Back Bay Books, 1999 Deliciously scathing + The sad story of Paul Pennyfeather + "Monty Python" for People Who Think + The Decline of an Empire & The Fall of Morality             Alias Grace: A Novel166 reviews Margaret Atwood Anchor, 1997 Amazing Grace: how sweet the read + brilliant and absorbing + Stunning + Subtle Genius             When We Were Orphans: A Novel205 reviews Kazuo Ishiguro Vintage, 2001 An unusual and moving story + Fiction Is Not Reality I liked it the first time I read it; when I re-read it I was blown away. Ishiguro works in odd, subtle ways and I guess it took me a while to get it, but get I did. The setting is concrete, the narrative is clear, but they are only partly what Ishiguro seems to be writing about. The section on ...