David Wright 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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Murder at the Capitol
C. M. Gleason
MURDER AT THE CAPITOL, by C.M. Gleason. This top drawer historical mystery series set during the American Civil War just keeps getting better - and more timely. #libfaves20 https://t.co/AQX85cc4wj
Out of stock

Generations: A Memoir
Lucille Clifton
Day 5 of my All Reprints #Libfaves2021 gives us Lucille Clifton’s mighty, tiny GENERATIONS: A MEMOIR, from the bottomless cornucopia that is @nyrbclassics. “Things don't fall apart. Things hold.” https://t.co/Tj2hLmPaiE
Paperback, 2021
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Revolutionary Letters: 50th Anniversary Edition: Pocket Poets Series No. 27
Diane Di Prima
An All Reprints #libfaves2021 for me this year, starting with the 50th Anniversary Edition of Diane di Prima's REVOLUTIONARY LETTERS from @CityLightsBooks: "I have just realized that the stakes are myself" https://t.co/9p3AVjCMV9
Hardcover, 2021
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Aosawa Murders
Riku Onda
THE AOSAWA MURDERS, by Riku Onda. Terrific crime novel which, David Peace's haunting Occupied City, was inspired by the Teigen mass poisoning. #libfaves20 https://t.co/63dpf7Mm6B
Paperback, 2020
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Big Lie: A Jack Swyteck Novel
James Grippando
THE BIG LIE by @James_Grippando - about an election challenge and attempted coup - is particularly apt. Because "escapism" is never truly about escape. #Election2020 #CountEveryVote https://t.co/Y42YPjfcY5
Paperback, 2020
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Leonard and Hungry Paul
Ronan Hession
LEONARD AND HUNGRY PAUL, by Ronan Hession. Just because, really. #libfaves20 https://t.co/X7YO8TW5K6
Out of stock

The Eater of Darkness
Robert M. Coates
Day 3 of my All Reprints #Libfaves2021 is Robert Coates' newly revived 1926 pulp Dada extravaganza THE EATER OF DARKNESS. "Beware the X-Ray Bullet!" Old Weird Fun: @HarrySKeeler, eat your heart out. https://t.co/pXnKnxaEzB
Paperback, 2021
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Village of Eight Graves
Seishi Yokomizo
Day 4 of my All Reprints #Libfaves2021 takes us to THE VILLAGE OF EIGHT GRAVES, Seishi Yokomizo’s bloody good funhouse gothic mystery from postwar Japan, back in print thanks to @PushkinVertigo Just when you think you've figured it out... https://t.co/7xK16maXL4
Paperback, 2021
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Crime & Politics: Big Government's Erratic Campaign for Law and Order
Ted Gest
So this is my latest reviewing gig: #ClassicReturns with @LibraryJournal I'm so excited to help shine a light on neglected writers from the past! https://www.libraryjournal.com?detailStory=crime-politics-poetry-classic-returns - Crime, Politics, and Poetry | Classic Return
Paperback, 2003
$145.00$120.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Congo Diary: Episodes of the Revolutionary War in the Congo
Ernesto Che Guevara
Day 8 of the All Reprints #LibFaves2021 is Ernesto Che Guevara's final writings, THE BOLIVIAN DIARY, aka How Not to Stage a Revolution. (See also: THE CONGO DIARY.) The latest entry in @7StoriesPress epic Che-a-thon. https://t.co/f4wTmyiUwR
Paperback, 2021
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book