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War’s Horror Is in the Details
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse was acclaimed the greatest novel of the great war when it appeared in 1918. Few today would rate it so highly. Vicente Blasco Ibanez relies heavily on exposition, p… more →
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War’s Horror Is in the Details
Linda Aragoni wrote 1 month ago: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse was acclaimed the greatest novel of the great war when it appear … more →
Old Pybus is guilt-free romance
Linda Aragoni wrote 2 months ago: During the early days of World War I, bookseller John Pybus exhorted men to enlist. His own sons, Co … more →
Realistic Tale of Black Single Mom in 1870s South
Linda Aragoni wrote 2 months ago: In Scarlet Sister Mary, Julia Peterkin writes a deceptively shallow story of the post-Civil War Sout … more →
Great Story Trumps Technical Flaws
Linda Aragoni wrote 3 months ago: In Mamba’s Daughters, Du Bose Heyward takes readers inside America’s black community in … more →
Dodsworth: Two themes in one cover
Linda Aragoni wrote 3 months ago: Dodsworth is the story an American businessman’s midlife crisis. Sam Dodsworth built a success … more →
All Still Disquieting in WWI Tale
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Linda Aragoni wrote 4 months ago: In All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque takes readers into the German trenches of Wo … more →
Escape Is Impossible to Put Down
Linda Aragoni wrote 5 months ago: In the opening scene of Escape, a doctor tells actress Emmy Ritter she’ll be able to walk in a week. … more →
Dull lead character makes vivid reading
Linda Aragoni wrote 7 months ago: Investment banker Charles Gray is not a man to take chances. He believes in preserving assets—emotio … more →
Fairy Tale and Psychological Novel
Animanachronism wrote 8 months ago: Oddities do not strike odd people. This is why ordinary people have a much more exciting time; while … more →
Boring, Not Shocking
Linda Aragoni wrote 10 months ago: When it was first published, Lady Chatterley’s Lover was banned in America. I doubt if most c … more →
Clear portrait emerges painlessly from tiny bits
Linda Aragoni wrote 1 year ago: From its title, I expected All Kneeling to be a religious novel and, in a perverse way, it is. The m … more →
Annie Spragg Is Understated Gem
Linda Aragoni wrote 1 year ago: If you can imagine a novel written by Alfred Hitchcock, you’ll understand the fascination of Louis B … more →
Claire Ambler Is Seriously Funny
Linda Aragoni wrote 1 year ago: Clarie Ambler is a 1920’s version of a California Valley Girl. A beautiful American heiress, C … more →
Bad Girl suffers chronic depression
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Linda Aragoni wrote 1 year ago: In 1928, someone was “a bad girl” if she had sex before marriage. By that definition, Dot Haley dese … more →
Greene Murder Case Decent Potboiler
Linda Aragoni wrote 1 year ago: The Green Murder Case presents Philo Vance one of his most perplexing mysteries. Two women are shot, … more →
Swan Song Great Novel, Poor Overture
Linda Aragoni wrote 1 year ago: John Galsworthy is probably best known for The Forsyte Chronicles. He followed up the three volumes … more →
Wintersmoon never catches fire
Linda Aragoni wrote 1 year ago: Hugh Walpole’s Wintersmoon turns the romance novel on its head. Janet Grandison and Wildherne … more →
The Mortal Storm Has Gale-Force Power
Linda Aragoni wrote 1 year ago: In The Moral Storm, Phyllis Bottome rejuvenates the tired brother-against-brother theme by putting i … more →
Awful Fascination in Sad, Wise Novel
Linda Aragoni wrote 1 year ago: In My Son, My Son, Howard Spring takes the Biblical tale of King David’s painful relationship … more →
