This New Title Tuesday recommendation, The Mercy Seat by Elizabeth H. Winthrop is a slow, simmering narrative that explores the tight grip of local corruption and systemic racism in a depression era small town in Jim Crow Louisiana. Publisher's Summary: “One of the finest writers of her generation” (Brad Watson), and author of three previously acclaimed novels, … Continue reading The Mercy Seat by Elizabeth H. Winthrop – New Title Tuesday
Tag: Political Fiction
Dinner at the Center of the Earth by Nathan Englander – New Title Tuesday
This week's New Title Tuesday selection, Dinner at the Center of the Earth by Nathan Englander, is as he described in an NPR interview, a "turducken of a novel. It's like a political thriller that's wrapped up in a historical novel that's really a love story that ends up being an allegory." Publisher's Summary: … Continue reading Dinner at the Center of the Earth by Nathan Englander – New Title Tuesday
New Title Tuesday: Shining City by Tom Rosenstiel
This week’s New Title Tuesday, Shining City by Tom Rosenstiel, is a novel that promises to take readers inside the Washington D.C. seats of power. Frankly, because the news feeds are saturated with real (and fake) political news and scandals, I was hesitant to check it out. But then I read these lines from the … Continue reading New Title Tuesday: Shining City by Tom Rosenstiel
The Boat Rocker by Ha Jin
The Boat Rocker by Ha Jin is this week's New Title Tuesday recommendation because it is timely, occasionally darkly humorous, and provides insight to the consequences of acting on principle and the limits of a free press. Summary: New York, 2005. Chinese expatriate Feng Danlin is a fiercely principled reporter at a small news agency that produces a … Continue reading The Boat Rocker by Ha Jin
Reputations by Juan Gabriel Vasquez
I chose this New Title Tuesday pick, Reputations, by Juan Gabriel Vasquez because it was recommended by NPR book critic, Juan Vidal in his column Get A Global Perspective With 5 Of The Year's Best Books In Translation. Once I started reading, I recognized through the author’s immaculate use of language that Reputations is not … Continue reading Reputations by Juan Gabriel Vasquez
