Top Ten Literary Detective Novels…has Hammett keeping company with Chandler and contemporary master Lauren Beukes jazzing with James Ellroy… A couple of quick notes about how I put this list together: First, by literary, I mean that the novel in some way subverts the standard conventions of the genre. Maybe the mystery is never solved, […]
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April Reads…Books to read this spring
Books to read this spring The days are getting longer, which might make you think you should be spending more time outside, but just consider it more daylight hours to read. If you’re adventurous—and live in a cooperative climate—you can even take some of this month’s reading suggestions into the great outdoors. Quiet Neighbors […]
DVD Review– The American Friend from the Patricia Highsmith Novel
DVD Review– The American Friend (Der amerikanische Freund) (DVD Review– The American Friend by Christopher Chan who looks at Bruno Ganz and Dennis Hopper) Based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel Ripley’s Game, the 1977 movie The American Friend is an intriguing experiment in crime drama. The West German production is bilingual, blending English dialogue with German […]