by Tom Keech | Dec 15, 2016 | All Book Reviews, Popular Novels, Tom's Reviews
Well, Somebody’s Pleasures Review by Tom Keech In London in early Victorian times, during a horrific recession that brings the seething underclass out into the streets, an orphaned 19-year-old girl of the gentility takes an abnormal interest in a series of...
by Tom Keech | Dec 14, 2016 | All Book Reviews, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Tom's Reviews
Superpowers in the Projects Review by Tom Keech Midnight’s father was a wealthy and powerful Sudanese landowner who had many servants, a compound so big he needed an extra building just for his guns, diamonds, oil and gold reserves, a master’s degree and a PhD. He was...
by Tom Keech | Dec 14, 2016 | All Book Reviews, Popular Novels, Tom's Reviews
Better Than the Old Wife Review by Tom Keech Michael, a 40-year-old, divorced New York suburbanite who has lost his prestigious job and his most recent girlfriend, is on the verge of falling into alcoholism and depression when he is rejuvenated by a 72-hour stand with...
by Tom Keech | Dec 14, 2016 | All Book Reviews, Historical Fiction, Tom's Reviews
What? Four New Gospels? Review by Tom Keech This is a novel of historical fiction reinterpreting the life and death of Yehoshuah (Jesus) as told by four new narrators. His mother, Miriam (Mary), is spurned throughout her life by her cold and querulous son. Deeply...
by Tom Keech | Nov 26, 2016 | All Book Reviews, Popular Novels, Tom's Reviews
Pulitzer Schmullitzer Review by Tom Keech This book won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Olive’s outlook on life is so dark she spreads unhappiness wherever she goes. Her husband brings her flowers and embraces her, but she only “waits for the hug to end.” She doesn’t...
