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Matterhorn Matterhorn
Audio book review of "Matterhorn," by Karl Marlantes. A marine rifle company in desperate fighting along the Ho Chi Minh Trail during the Vietnam war. Ex-Marine Marlantes is a Vietnam vet and Rhodes Scholar.
my_lobotomy my_lobotomy
Lone Reader review of "My Lobotomy," by Howard Dully. Shattering story of a man discovering that that medical procedure he'd had at age 12 was actually a suborbital lobotomy. Truth that hurts.
Noir Noir
Lone Reader review of "Noir," by Olivier Pauvert. Noir means black, and this French SF novel is black indeed. The undead confront fascism in a world that has swallowed itself and forgotten its past.
Tainted blood Tainted blood
Lone Reader review of "Tainted Blood," by Arnaldur Indridason. Icelandic Detective Inspector Erlendur is a typical Scandinavian gumshoe: His ex-wife loathes him, his kids are screwed up, and he lives in a trashed flat. Blood and murder in Iceland, wh
The_Forever_War The_Forever_War
Lone Reader audio book review of Joe Haldeman's classic sci-fi novel "The Forever War," about a space war that was a little too similar to Vietnam for publishers' tastes. Won both the Hugo and Nebula awards after being turned down for publication sev
Things_they_carried Things_they_carried
Lone Reader review of "The Things They Carried," by Tim O'Brien. American soldiers on the Street Without Joy. Blood sausage in the crucible of war. An awful, beautiful memoir of the Vietnam War.
War War
Lone Reader review of "War," by combat correspondent Sebastian Junger. A combat platoon in Afghanistans Korengal Valley, the deadliest ground in deadly Afghanistan. Bravo company's men form a bond, nearly as strong as a suicide pact, to defend each o
Deer Hunting With Jesus Deer Hunting With Jesus
Lone Reader review of "Deer Hunting with Jesus," by Joe Bageant. An book that asks why rural folks spiraling down the economic toilet mostly vote Republican.
Leisureville Leisureville
Lone Reader review of "Leisureville," by Andrew Blechman. Looks at the sadness and banality in mass-produced Florida retirement communities. Margarita swilling seniors wearing giant sombreros riding everywhere in golf carts.
Lost on planet china Lost on planet china
Audio book review of "Lost on Planet China," by funny man J. Maarten Troost. Travel writer Troost melds with the inconceivable culture of China, where the air is yellow, factory workers wear rollerskates, and where the food bites back.
Price of blood Price of blood
Audio book review of "The Price of Blood," by Declan Hughes. LA gumshoe in the sleazy Dublin horseracing scene. It's "mordor" at the downs.
