Salt Point Book Review Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Shining
Stephen KingSalt Point Book ReviewAfter 'The Shards' I'm going to read and review 'The Shining' by Stephen King and then revisit some B.E.E. favs (Less Than Zero, Rules of Attraction, Lunar Park, Imperial Bedrooms)
Paperback, 2013
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The Killer Inside Me
Jim ThompsonSalt Point Book ReviewIf Patrick Bateman were an heir apparent, it could only be to Lou Ford, the unreliable narrator-protagonist of Jim Thompson's 1952 serial killer novel The Killer Inside Me. A schizo jaunt thru the eyes of a cop in boomtown TX. Lighthearted evil straight-up https://t.co/TcGwlmEL0X https://t.co/M8Vn5q38t2
Paperback, 2014
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The Guest
Emma ClineSalt Point Book ReviewListen to my absolute tirade against The Guest (2023) by Emma Cline: a novel more vapid and void than the social dynamics it halfassedly pretends to critique. Its best quality? Reads like lightning, owed to clean, crisp editing rather than the prose itself https://t.co/KY5cAlG6CX https://t.co/DQm1EOuMfs
Hardcover, 2023
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Middlemarch
George EliotSalt Point Book ReviewI was blessed to have been joined in the recording studio today by George Eliot's Middlemarch Bartle-Fishkind and his iconic laugh. Also here's a terribly unflattering picture of Crumley. Thanks so much for being here. Until next time, Baby Salties! (that's what I call my fans) https://t.co/XECqrJ5QGy
Paperback, 2003
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The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia HighsmithSalt Point Book ReviewThe Talented Mr. Ripley (1955) by Patricia Highsmith is a satisfying exploration of transgression, guilt, and paranoia. Its casual, abrupt portrayals of violence imbues murder w/ an earnest dreamlike quality. The worst thing I can say is it's ~30% too long https://t.co/rHPsdcXVJc https://t.co/mPXhaAX4ef
Paperback, 2008
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Norwood
Charles PortisSalt Point Book ReviewNorwood (1966) was Charles Portis's first novel and reads like it—threadbare, comic, meandering. Every time you think the book is ready to deal with stakes, the plot pivots and you chase that instead. It's great at subverting expectation, but not much else https://t.co/tx9g46As27 https://t.co/lvVaAPisFL
Paperback, 1999
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The Recognitions
William GaddisSalt Point Book ReviewHere are the letters David Markson and William Gaddis wrote each other in 1955 and 1961 respectively. In 2012 I read Wittgenstein's Mistress, and per mention of a man wearing a clock as a necklace followed it w The Recognitions—both became my favorite book https://t.co/PUHUSVKKS8
Paperback, 2020
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True Grit
Charles PortisSalt Point Book ReviewIf Charles Portis's first novel was about subverting readers' expectations, his follow-up, True Grit (1968), is about the people who subvert expectations in their aberrant, modest lives. It's a quick Western, filled with snappy dialogue and poignant candor https://t.co/lOFkHJ2fV7 https://t.co/DKREWrL4pV
Paperback, 2010
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I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home
Lorrie MooreSalt Point Book ReviewI Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home (2023) by Lorrie Moore is a triumphant return—a sentimental, unsanctimonious novel of duality and mirrors, devotion and death—an eerie, uncanny departure in form, but just as fresh and funny as her early diction fiction https://t.co/EJgWYFm4DL https://t.co/0r4q7d05xv
Paperback, 2024
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre DumasSalt Point Book ReviewOur inaugural review: 'The Count of Monte Cristo' by Alexandre Dumas, published in 1846 and translated by Robin Buss for Penguin Classics in 2003. In which our loyal podcaster beta tests a theme song and reads a excerpt about mazzolata execution. Listen at https://t.co/oAoPVlKMct https://t.co/U6XmuwV4hA
Paperback, 2003
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