George Saunders, who is already a prolific short story writer and essayist, released this experimental novel in 2017. I would not necessarily have chosen it for myself, but it was the July pick for the Porter Square Books book club and I found the premise to be intriguing.… Continue reading
Tag: speculative fiction
A couple of years ago, I wrote a book review on The Eyre Affair, the first book in Jasper Fforde’s captivating “Thursday Next” series. Thursday, a literary detective in the SO-27 government agency, previously found herself embroiled in a page-turning series of tumultuous events when Acheron Hades—one of the world’s most notorious criminals—kidnapped Jane Eyre from the classic Jane Austen novel.… Continue reading
In a parallel universe, Literary Detective Thursday Next protects the integrity of civilization’s most treasured works of literature as part of British government agency SO-27. Thursday deals with the usual chaotic and untraceable cases assigned to a poorly-run, under-resourced government department—manuscript theft, black market book trades, and the like—until megavillain Acheron Hades enters the scene.… Continue reading
