Absolution: A Novel of Suspense3 reviews Caro Ramsay Pegasus Books, 2007 "We all have choices, Costello" + strong psychological police procedural Beautifully capturing the windy, chilly streets of Glasgow, this dark and gritty crime drama centers on two crimes committed over twenty years apart, with Detective Chief Investigator Alan McAlpine somehow holding the key to a series of brutal murders involving three young women who have been ...             The Lost Diaries of Jim Morrison35 reviews Marshal Lawrence Pierce III Wasteland Press, 2003 It does seem that author does not equal intellectual + an artistic episode of debauchery Morrison might have led Can it be that the author is expressing himself through the persona of Jim Morrison? That an author, himself, might be able to see this expression and celebrate it. I find it mistifying on how unsophisticated some people are. The reviews here either take the book too seriously or they take it ...             Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)14 reviews Thomas Pynchon Penguin Classics, 2006 The Mother of All War Novels + It Depends + Ambivalent on This One + Huh?             Moravagine (New York Review Books Classics)8 reviews Blaise Cendrars NYRB Classics, 2004 Voyage Surprise + Moravagine is modernity + Exquisitely depraved travelogue + Sickness unto death             The Dharma Bums (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)12 reviews Jack Kerouac Penguin Classics, 2006 Kerouac's best novel + It's Kerouac... + The Dharma Bums If you're new to Jack Kerouac, this might be the place to start. Many people's first introduction to Kerouac is On The Road. While I love On The Road, I've read pretty much all of Kerouac's novels, and I have to say that The Dharma Bums is my favorite. Indeed, I loved the book enough to write a ...             Suicide Casanova11 reviews Arthur Nersesian Akashic Books, 2002 a wonderful read + Wicked. + DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY + MUST BUY HARDCOVER + MUST BUY HARDCOVER             Mental Floss: Genius Instruction Manual (Mental Floss Presents)6 reviews Editors Of Mental Floss Collins, 2006 Lots of Fun + Quick, fun, informative! + Going from Jeopardy Smart to Genius Is Easier Than You Think This book is a quick read but lots of fun. It has interesting trivia, short overviews on a lot of topics. It continues to demonstrate why "Mental Floss" is such a fun magazine with off the wall, smart humor.             The Brothers Karamazov111 reviews Fyodor Dostoevsky Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002 Perhaps the best novel ever written in the history of mankind + The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky + A Literary Masterpiece + Bothers Karamazov + Dark and Beautiful             Invitation to a Beheading (Penguin Modern Classics)24 reviews Vladimir Nabokov Penguin Classics, 2001 An Eerie Resemblance to Unreality + Diet Kafka + Dream or Reality? + Everybody's havin' them dreams             Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)1275 reviews William Golding Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999 Lord of the Flies Book Review By Conlan Mueller + Lost Innocence + A brutal, horrifying masterpiece + An Old Book Revisited             An Iliad (Vintage International)8 reviews Alessandro Baricco Vintage, 2007 Powerful, moving, timely + Wonderful but not epic + a stong 4 stars from a baricco fan + New look at an old tale             Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable31 reviews Samuel Beckett Grove Press, 1994 A carcass in God's image and a contemporary skull + a brief and subjective review + The Third's the Finest + I can't go on, you must go on, I'll go on. + The Human Condition Exposed             On Bullshit174 reviews Harry G. Frankfurt Princeton University Press, 2005 Reference guide to business ethics + Two Key Points -- No BS + Thin and Expensive but interesting Quirky and very small (67 pages in a pocket-sized hardback format), this purports to be an academic consideration of the meaning of the titular word. And in fact it does give serious thought to the distinction between lying and BS-ing. Intriguing is the best review I can think of for this book, ...             Tapping the Source32 reviews Kem Nunn Thunder's Mouth Press, 2005 One of the Best Books I've Ever Read + A Must-Read + Hella Tight I've bought about 10 copies of this book and given 9 away. It's one of the best books ever. Every teenage who is intelligent should read it. My 19 year old son just read it and loved it, too. Well written, dark, satisfying and heart-wrenching, good ending. Fantastic piece of art.             Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West310 reviews Cormac McCarthy Vintage, 1992 Unflinching Crimson Epic of the Old West + A very good, dark read... + unbridled havoc + The best of McCarthy + Great read, not an "easy" read, but worth the effort             The Contortionist's Handbook59 reviews Craig Clevenger MacAdam/Cage, 2003 Amazing novel + A solid read + Must read! + Great book...             The Pale Blue Eye: A Novel (P.S.)54 reviews Louis Bayard Harper Perennial, 2007 Magnificent mystery book, beautifully written + Recommended + A literary snack with some substance It's not often you find an author who can write so well. Not only does Baynard keep all the balls in the air in this one--he keeps you guessing to the end, and his characters are wonderful--but he goes even beyond that. One of the characters is Edgar Poe, and he manages to make Poe sound just ...             Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means94 reviews Albert-Laszlo Barabasi Plume, 2003 Great read + Excellent book for beginners & engineers alike + Good way to start + Inspiring + Great overview for the non-scientist             The Meaning of Night: A Confession76 reviews Michael Cox W. W. Norton, 2007 A must read! A+++ + A Review - The Meaning of Night by Stephens James + great read + The Talented Mr. Glyver             An Ordinary Spy: A Novel8 reviews Joseph Weisberg Bloomsbury USA, 2007 Two thirds a great novel I came to AN ORDINARY SPY due to several very fine reviews, and for the first two thirds I was an entranced reader. Better than anyone else I've read, Joseph Weisberg captures the uncertainty of the spying trade: are you being followed or are you just being paranoid? This sense of unease ...