John Henry Days37 reviews
Colson Whitehead

Anchor, 2002

I liked the Intuitionist better..

This is good too, although it took me a long time to actually finish it. It sat on the desk beside my bed for a few months, and, despite my best intentions, I read a few different books during that time while slightly avoiding this one. This one is a bit long, and at times I wondered if he's the ...
  
  











  



  
Affliction42 reviews
Russell Banks

Harper Perennial, 1990

A haunting look at ones mans deteriorating sanity...

+ Excellent
+ very good
+ A strong look at alcoholism and child abuse
+ Early, Long, Forever Winter
  
  











  



  
The Human Stain: A Novel196 reviews
Philip Roth

Vintage, 2001

Recommending Philip Roth is a little like recommending sex...

+ A smart novel which will stay in your mind for days
+ Philip Roth = Genius

...It's so obvious it hardly needs saying. Coleman Silk is a professor ousted from his position on false charges of racism, and, at 71, carrying on a torrid and secret affair with an illiterate 34-year-old cleaning woman. But when it comes to secrets, that's the least of Silk's. Reading Roth ...
  
  











  



  
All the King's Men176 reviews
Robert Penn Warren

Harvest Books, 1996

The Web Of Things

+ Why did I wait?
+ A Great Book Read By A Great Voice
+ great literature, sinfully delicious
  
  











  



  
Underworld: A Novel321 reviews
Don DeLillo

Scribner, 1998

An Utterly Non-Porus Book.

+ Detritus of the modern age
+ In Search of a Latin Lover
+ "Under the surface of ordinary things"
  
  











  



  
Affliction42 reviews
Russell Banks

Harper Perennial, 1990

A haunting look at ones mans deteriorating sanity...

+ Excellent
+ very good
+ A strong look at alcoholism and child abuse
+ Early, Long, Forever Winter
  
  











  



  
All the King's Men176 reviews
Robert Penn Warren

Harvest Books, 1996

The Web Of Things

+ Why did I wait?
+ A Great Book Read By A Great Voice
+ great literature, sinfully delicious
  
  











  



  
John Henry Days37 reviews
Colson Whitehead

Anchor, 2002

I liked the Intuitionist better..

This is good too, although it took me a long time to actually finish it. It sat on the desk beside my bed for a few months, and, despite my best intentions, I read a few different books during that time while slightly avoiding this one. This one is a bit long, and at times I wondered if he's the ...
  
  











  



  
The Human Stain: A Novel196 reviews
Philip Roth

Vintage, 2001

Recommending Philip Roth is a little like recommending sex...

+ A smart novel which will stay in your mind for days
+ Philip Roth = Genius

...It's so obvious it hardly needs saying. Coleman Silk is a professor ousted from his position on false charges of racism, and, at 71, carrying on a torrid and secret affair with an illiterate 34-year-old cleaning woman. But when it comes to secrets, that's the least of Silk's. Reading Roth ...
  
  











  



  
Underworld: A Novel321 reviews
Don DeLillo

Scribner, 1998

An Utterly Non-Porus Book.

+ Detritus of the modern age
+ In Search of a Latin Lover
+ "Under the surface of ordinary things"