Entertainment :: Fiction Reviews

And the Mountains Echoed

By Daniel Scheffler | Tuesday May 21, 2013
Family love is explored in their multigenerational Afghan story by Afghan-born American Khaled Hosseini of "The Kite Runner" fame.

Questions of Travel

By Daniel Scheffler | Saturday May 18, 2013
Two characters, in their own way of experiencing travel, connect as they tackle life’s love and loss.

Listening to the Dust

By Christopher Verleger | Saturday May 18, 2013
Sparks fly during a chance encounter between a European gentleman and a young Southerner in Brandon Shire’s intense novel.

The Cool Part of His Pillow

By Christopher Verleger | Wednesday May 15, 2013
45-year-old Barry loses his better half of two decades and tries to move on with his life in Rodney Ross’ moving novel.

All That Is

By Daniel Scheffler | Wednesday May 15, 2013
Philip Bowman comes home after the Air Force and finds success in book publishing, but seeks love ultimately.

Velvet

By Christopher Verleger | Tuesday May 14, 2013
A tailor, a musician and an attraction that could result in death are at the forefront of this debut novel.

London Triptych

By Monique Rubens Krohn | Monday May 13, 2013
A sweep across 100-plus years of London’s gay underworld where rent boys, aristocrats, artists, snitches, felons, showgirls, transvestites and artists all strut their stuff, providing entertaining and occasionally erotic reading.

The Enchanted Wanderer And Other Stories

By Daniel Scheffler | Monday May 6, 2013
Stories from Russian writer Nikolai Leskov, freshly translated for this century.

Dynamite

By Brian Callaghan | Wednesday May 1, 2013
A new photo book filled with images of male bodybuilders is far more irritating than it is titillating.

Dawn of the Gods

By Steve Weinstein | Tuesday Apr 30, 2013
This photographic tribute to the Greek idol of male beauty provides a visual feast for those who like their men smooth, cut, well-proportioned and BIG. For someone who claims not to be a photographer, LaSalle knows how to texture a photo.