Murder mystery about a high-end sports agent. Good writing, mostly dialogue, mostly solved by simple logic. When everyone hates the guy...
Monday, February 6, 2023
Suspect by Scott Turow
(read aloud)
Good writing, good plot, narrator is a tattooed, pierced, lesbian PI who is a likable, interesting character. Too much sex and profanity for my comfort. Sandy Stern still alive but very much in the background.
The Kill List by Frederick Forsyth
Good plot, well-written, but the kind of terrorist hunt book you feel like you've already read.
12 Seconds of Silence by Jamie Holmes
About the invention and production of the Proximity Fuse for artillery shells that saved London from the V-1. Though the war was being won after D-Day, the V-1 (for vengeance) was a horrible weapon. Hundreds were launched on London. The American-sourced fuses dramatically improved the success of anti-aircraft efforts, saving thousands of lives. Interesting though highly technical, well-written, copious notes.
Recessional by David Mamet
A very brave, honest appraisal of modern life and thought in the light of the holocaust, Israel, God, and the Bible with a reverence for the Constitution. Deeply conservative views from a combat-hardened playwright. Polemic but entertaining.
Devil in a Blue Dress by Winston Starr
Written as a screen play, gritty racial, violent, gripping plot. Classic.
On the Road with St Augustine by James A. K. Smith
Very interesting survey of Augustine as a journey from Africa to Milan and back, to Christ, to return to his mother. A lot about the Confessions. Interesting excursions to fellow north Africans Camus and Derrida. Very interesting and more narrative than didactic.
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