Mohawk
More rereading, this time Richard Russo gets the benefit (or, perhaps I ought to say that I get the benefit of Richard Russo? Anyway:) Mohawk is a tale of small-town USA which grabs you and stays with...
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Another re-read, another of Richard Russo’s masterpieces. Oddly enough, The Risk Pool seems not to have been reissued in the new paperback editions of Russo’s works, you can still get hold of it...
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What? Two short-story collections in a row? And I actually enjoyed them? Shocking. Well, I don’t suppose there’s any reason to be surprised that The Whore’s Child was enjoyable. Russo normally is,...
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Not to be avoided, obviously. The Great Western Beach by Emma Smith – charming. The Rune Blade Trilogy by Ann Marston, consisting of The Kingmaker’s Sword, The Western King and Broken Blade. Engaging,...
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