Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls takes place during the height of the Spanish Civil War and is roughly based on Hemingway’s experience covering the conflict for the North American Newspaper Alliance…
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Category: 20th century
Mario Puzo Part I: The Fortunate Pilgrim
Lucia Santa Angeluzzi-Corbo is not a subservient housewife, making pasta in the background as men make plans. She is a shrewd and fearless matriarch…
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Oysters Part 1: Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast is a celebration of everything Paris which, of course, includes the food, none more so than the humble yet delicious oyster…
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J.R.R. Tolkien Part 1: The Hobbit
The Hobbit is a truly beautiful story, made complex by the historic, literary, religious and anthropological references so intertwined with its quest…
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George Orwell Part 1: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four is Orwell’s vision of a totalitarian future, influenced by the horrors of National Socialism and the brutality of Stalinism…
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Thomas Harris Part 1: The Silence of the Lambs
In Dr. Lecter, Harris carefully constructed a character that is simultaneously charming and abhorrent, personable and terrifying, passionate and indifferent…
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Green Eggs and Ham Part 1: a book in 50 words
Time to get nostalgic: go grab Green Eggs and Ham from your local bookstore and take a five-minute trip back to your childhood…
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Jeeves and Wooster Part 4: The Drones Club
The Drones Club – regular hangout of Bertie Wooster and friends and the site of many a shenanigan. But was it real? The short answer is no, but the long answer is much more interesting…
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Jeeves and Wooster Part 1: My Man Jeeves
The dynamic and chemistry between Jeeves and Wooster is evident from their first meeting… a scene which also includes one of the best drinks in English literature.
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American Psycho Part 4: THIS IS NOT AN EXIT
To round out American Psycho, I want to share some interesting extras on the book, Bret Easton Ellis and how to enjoy Bateman’s New York in 2017…
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American Psycho Part 1: the book that almost wasn’t
A controversial book from the get go, American Psycho is one of the greatest cultural satires of 20th-century America – one we almost didn’t get to read…
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