CultureWatch, February 2009
The Private Patient
by Baroness P.D. James holds our interest by the discovery of not just
the who-dun-it, but the complex motives behind the actions. Anyone who
loves dogs and brilliant descriptive writing will find Sawtelle rewarding. Wallace Stegner's Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs demonstrates that as a writer of style and elegance, he has few equals. Rancho Weirdo by Laura Chester contains humor that is integral, not incidental, and they are wonderfully irreverent tales. Read More...
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