Fun time Friday night.  I’m sorry to have missed the snow angels.

Here are my book picks.

  1. Christine Falls:  A Novel by Benjamin Black.  2008.  369 pp.  This is a crime novel set in 1950s Dublin by the low-brow alter ego of John Banville, writer of  Booker-prize winning novels.  Genre-fiction has proved irresistible for Banville; this is his fourth crime novel under a pseudonym.  In an excellent review of these  books, James Woods reports the author muttering to himself as he turns from his literary manuscripts to the pleasures of genre:  “Banville, you slut!”  The public library as several copies; the U has one.
  2. The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty by Sebastian Barry. 1999. 336 pages.  This novel, another Irish one, comes highly recommended from a friend.  The book is set in the early 20th century.  The public library has a copy and so does the U.
  3. I really should have chosen Ulysses to round out the Irish theme, but instead opted for something completely different:  The Wave by Susan Casey.  2010.  352 pages.  This is a nonfiction book about the science and sport of monster waves, along with plenty of death and destruction.  The public library has six copies.

Jeff

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