Steven L. Peck: A Short Stay in Hell
Some thoughts on a great short book: Steven L. Peck: A Short Stay in Hell
Muriel Spark: Memento Mori
Next up for my chronological read through of Muriel Spark's novels is her third, 1959's Memento Mori.
Andrew Krivak: Mule Boy
Andrew Krivak's Mule Boy is another dark but strangely hopeful tale.
George Saunders: Vigil
I always approach a new George Saunders book with hope. Vigil returns to the afterlife, moral reckoning, and the fragile possibility of redemption. But it left me frustrated. Here are my thoughts.
Muriel Spark: Robinson
I continue my chronological trek through Muriel Spark's work with her second, 1958's Robinson.
Sylvia Townsend Warner: Lolly Willowes
January's pick for NYRB Women 2026 was Sylvia Townsend Warner's Lolly Willowes, which is just celebrating one hundred years.
Susie Boyt: Loved and Missed
Here is my review of Susie Boyt’s Loved and Missed, a painful, attentive novel about grief, in that attentiveness, something quietly enriching.
Muriel Spark: The Comforters
I'm starting a project to read all of Muriel Spark's novels in chronological order. First up is her debut: The Comforters.
Anita Brookner: Brief Lives
Here is my look at Anita Brookner's 1990 novel Brief Lives, which explores aging, companionship, and longing with her usual precision and restraint.
Thomas Mann: The Magic Mountain
What a happy accident reading Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain as I read the final volume of In Search of Lost Time. What a remarkable book, and I absolutely loved John E. Woods's translation.