“Hope for the future was no shy bloom but a blood-maddened creature, fanged and toothed, with its own knowledge of history’s hostilities and the cages of the present.” Next up on my NBA reading list is Megha Majumdar’s A Guardian and a Thief (Knopf 2025). This slim novel packs a powerful punch, each word aContinue reading “A GUARDIAN AND A THIEF – Megha Majumdar”
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Norman Rush – Mating
I will readily admit that I have been neglecting my reading, and I can offer no valid excuses – work, pretty eyed boys, sports, and pretty weather for pints are not valid excuses for ignoring the many novels I continue to collect. I’ve been fighting my way through Norman Rush’s Mating for a lot longerContinue reading “Norman Rush – Mating”