Monthly Archives: November 2009
You’ll Never Know
by Carol Tyler It says something that three of my favorite books this year are comics or, as they’re known among the intelligentsia, graphic novels. Actually, these are all more-or-less-memoirs: Emmanuel Guibert et al’s The Photographer, David Small’s Stitches, and … Continue reading
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Brat Farrar
by Josephine Tey If I had to choose a favorite mystery novel, I think I’d pick Josephine Tey’s, Brat Farrar (Touchstone, 1997). I have now read Brat Farrar so many times that I’ve had to replace several worn out copies. … Continue reading
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The Book of the Bard
by Paul Collins It’s not much of an exaggeration at all for me to say that if Paul Collins happened to write a book about – say – the history of Seattle as recounted through its Yellow Pages, I’d immediately … Continue reading
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Reissues Wish List
If I were in charge of a publishing house, these are the books I’d reprint in a Seattle second. I once hoped that someone would be interested in reprinting them all in a “Book Lust Reissues” series; but, I suppose, … Continue reading
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The Unknown Soldier
by Gerald Seymour Gerald Seymour’s exciting, indeed, almost irresistible, The Unknown Soldier (Overlook, 2005), moves the spy novel ever more decisively in the direction it’s been going lately — no more bad Russians (except the oligarchy), good-bye to le Carré’s Karla and … Continue reading
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The Skull Mantra
by Eliot Pattison I’ve never stopped suggesting Eliot Pattison’s thriller, The Skull Mantra (Minotaur, 2008), to mystery fans; and it has a place in my permanent book collection. It won a well-deserved Edgar award for Best First Novel when it was published … Continue reading
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