Ian’s Read & Recommended
“The Geometer Lobachevsky” by Adrian Duncan
Adrian Duncan is a new discovery for me. The unusual title of this book made it stand out from the mass of new books I see each week and the...
“Service” by Sarah Gilmartin
It is not often when finishing an author's second novel I close it and think that is as good as the first, but Sarah Gilman has succeeded. Her first book,...
“The Romantic” by William Boyd
A new novel from William Boyd is always something his devoted readers look forward to and they will not be disappointed by "The Romantic" which boldly declares it is by...
“Booth” by Karen Joy Fowler
The outcome of this ambitious book is never in doubt. It is a fictional biography of the Booth family, in their time famous actors, but their notoriety and place in...
“Hell of a Book” by Jason Mott
This is a strange but compelling story. Neither of the two principal characters both of whom are black ever being named; indeed the narrator, an author, distinctly avoids ever introducing...
“A Dangerous Business” by Jane Smiley
This novel is set during the gold rush in 1851 in Monterey, California on the expanding West coast of America. This location and period is convincingly portrayed by Jane Smiley...
