Archive for the ‘Fiction’ Category

Pepperland In Concert…

Wednesday, May 21st, 2014

Pepperland, live at Eagle River Books, Bainbridge Island, WA, May 15, 2014. This is a short (rather raw) cut from Pepper’s psychedelic night journey (that self-indulgent 3 record set) towards the end of the book. This one’s called “On a Bend in the River.” Don’t worry, there’s no long drum solo…        

Everything’s Rock ‘n’ Roll…

Sunday, March 9th, 2014

The Guts By Roddy Doyle Viking (This review was originally published in The Washington Independent Review of Books on February 18, 2014.) So, Roddy Doyle. Another venerable Irishman with the gift of gab, a fine writer who charmed the hell out his readers with his first novel, The Commitments (1989), a tale of the passion inspired by […]

Pepperland – a Boswell Book Company Bestseller of 2013

Wednesday, January 1st, 2014

Yes indeed, Pepperland is number 17 on the paperback fiction list of 2013!  It’s fun, it’s exciting, it rocks, it’s educational, it’s part of a healthy breakfast! Read it! Tell your friends!

Best reads of 2013…

Wednesday, January 1st, 2014

FictionBest of the bunch, in rough chronological order: Umbrella, by Will SelfThoroughly Modern Self… Tenth of December, by George SaundersA master’s class in short fiction. A Delicate Truth, by John LeCarreHis umpteenth novel…so good. TransAtlantic, by Colum McCannSuch lovely writing. Time travel, deep links of ordinary lives. Joyland, by Stephen KingPretty good beach read. Not […]

“I’ve been alive forever…”

Saturday, November 23rd, 2013

Actors AnonymousBy James FrancoNew Harvest (This review was originally published in The Washington Independent Review of Books, November 18, 2013) Famous Actor James Franco has written something. The book’s cover describes it as “James Franco’s brilliant debut novel.”  Ah. A clue — it is a “novel.” Here’s how it begins: “I am the Actor. I […]