Bill Savage Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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On the Road
Jack KerouacBill Savage@chicagobars After the head coach is deceased, Irsay will use the Scroll MS of Jack Kerouac's On the Road to wrap the corpse and dump the body. https://t.co/3IVcng5erY
Paperback, 1976
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hellboy: The Bones of Giants
Mike MignolaBill Savage@LuigiDNapla @robertloerzel @tewhalen Problem: Ebay purchase like 20 years ago, no rules included. Also, cards seem to be Mike Mignola Hellboy style, with no relation to reality. Daley as a bearded anarchist? Cermak a machine-gun toting gangster? https://t.co/uaxDfp62CO
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The Spirit Level: Poems
Seamus HeaneyBill Savage@Bodegacats_ One of the greatest Medieval Irish poems is entitled "Pangur Ban" which means "White Cat." Here is Seamus Heaney's translation of the ancient Irish poem about a monk studying manuscripts while his white cat hunts mice. Monastery cats = Bodega cats. https://t.co/GGXoLHjZBA
Paperback, 1997
$15.00Member price:$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Chicago: City on the Make: Sixtieth Anniversary Edition
Nelson AlgrenBill Savage@chicagobars Nelson Algren described the Chicago City Council as "the greatest rogues' circus ever pitched under a single tent." (Chicago: City on the Make, p. 22, in reference to Bathhouse John Coughlin, of course.
Paperback, 2011
$21.00Member price:$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago
Mike RoykoBill SavageThis nepo baby shit is old news in Chicago politics. From Mike Royko’s Boss, 1971. Both lists could be expanded with 50 more years worth of political begetting and brothers’ keeping. @whet @LuigiDNapla @robertloerzel https://t.co/0a5ZggoJfA
Paperback, 1988
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The Loop: The "L" Tracks That Shaped and Saved Chicago
Patrick T. ReardonBill Savage@KandiseLeBlanc Patrick Reardon's The Loop. I have extra copies, happy to hand one off. No great bike books that I know of. Discourse about the bike infrastructure is dicey.
Paperback, 2020
$26.95Member price:$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Challenging Chicago: Coping with Everyday Life, 1837-1920
Perry R. DuisBill SavageFrom Perry Duis’s Challenging Chicago. Perhaps @cta’s current situation is just a return to 1870s . . . @chicagobars https://t.co/NE4aCBeF8w
Paperback, 2006
$24.95Member price:$24.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
The Twilight Zone
Rod SerlingBill Savage@MajaLeeg Was channeling Rod Serling. [cue eerie music] A pizza cut like thin crust, but baked like Deep Dish. What clulinary madness might ensue if you ordered your pie for delivery from . . . the Twilight Zone. https://t.co/RlN4M02lV8
Paperback, 2023
$14.95Member price:$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Every Goddamn Day: A Highly Selective, Definitely Opinionated, and Alternatingly Humorous and Heartbreaking Historical Tour of Chicago
Neil SteinbergBill SavageGreat crowd at the Evergreen Park Public Library for @NeilSteinberg and his new book, Every Goddamn Day. @UChicagoPress @epplibrary https://t.co/VpCu6GBYyV
Hardcover, 2022
$25.00Member price:$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Killer Inside Me
Jim ThompsonBill SavageBest example of this genre is Jim Thompson’s The Killer Inside Me. https://t.co/TICGcxk2Sf
Paperback, 2014
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book