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Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club)
Jeffrey Eugenides
Picador, 2002
Coming of age in 20th century America
I must have read this book 10 years ago and still think about it. This is a universal coming of age story. It's an immigrant tale. It's boy meets girl. It's a tale of Chicago from the 1950's to the present. It has wonderful sentences. It's ingenious. It's family. ...
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon
Picador, 2001
This is one adventure worth taking!
I honestly don't know if I have the words.
There are rarely times when I'm left speechless. I mean, if you've read my long winded reviews you would know that, unless I find something so utterly horrible that I lack the ability or care to render it a proper lashing, ...
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The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy
Raj Patel
Picador, 2010
A paradigm shift
As a self-styled amateur, underground economist, I've been looking for a book like Raj Patel's that knowledgeably describes the processes that lead to our recent economic collapse and then offers us a chance to shift our way of thinking so as to create a different ...
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Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath
Michael Norman, Elizabeth M. Norman
Picador, 2010
A breathless journey through hell
Tears in the Darkness is the story of the Bataan Death March and the POW camps of the Japanese in the Philippines and Japan with the center line of this journey revolving around Ben Steele.
It tells the stroy of Ben and the men that he came in contact with during ...
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Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
Atul Gawande
Picador, 2003
A Must-Read for Every Doctor and anyone who has been, is, or will be a patient
I have read a lot of Dr. Gawande's research and his book "Complications" is a great guide for the layman to understand why things often go wrong in medicine. Dr. Gawande does a great job at de-jargonizing and unpacking the medical field so that anyone can understand ...
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The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Thomas L. Friedman
Picador, 2007
A Keeper
I got this book for my grad school, but after reading it - it's an ultimate keeper. Tells you what globalization is, some glances in history, reveals what really ebay and walmart do,offshoring and outsourcing and so on. The book is full of interesting facts about all ...
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Out Stealing Horses: A Novel
Per Petterson
Picador, 2008
A lifelong question...
The atmospheres created by northern landscapes have always held a strong attraction for me. Whether by personal exposure or when represented in paintings, music or literature, the vastness of space, rugged coastlines, deep dark forests and, above all, the crystal ...
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Naomi Klein
Picador, 2008
A Shocking Education
The Shock Doctrine is about exactly what it says, shock. It is about big business and government cashing in when countries experience turmoil such as war or natural disasters. Naomi Klein outlines major examples from the mid-twentieth century until now. If you are not ...
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The Housekeeper and the Professor: A Novel
Yoko Ogawa
Picador, 2009
The Housekeper and teh Professor
Wonderful, poignient story about a math professor who only has 80 minutes of short term memory. The Housekeeper and her son tap into his amazing long term memory during their wonderful encounters. A must have for people who like math and math algorithms. A totally ...
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The Red Tent: A Novel
Anita Diamant
Picador, 2007
READ IT!!!!!
I haven't been able to put my kindle down. Last night I started THE RED TENT. It focuses on the womens/wives/sisters relationships under their tent, where they went during cycles, childbirth, nursing, & sickness. It tells of their early marriage rituals. Of course, it ...
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2666: A Novel
Roberto Bolaņo
Picador, 2009
2666
I got all the info i needed to purchase this book. But this is definately not your ordinary mystery novel. Recommend it highly.
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Gilead: A Novel
Marilynne Robinson
Picador, 2006
Words that stir the soul...
I'm struggling to put into words my thoughts on this beautiful novel. I'm not even sure if I should be writing this review right now. You see, as the pages unfolded and I found myself mere moments away from finishing I was already formulating in my mind all that I ...
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America
Thomas L. Friedman
Picador, 2009
A utopian view of our future
Tom Friedman presents a refreshing, journalist's review of the new possibilities for the so-called green revolution. The author examines several good ideas for substainability and a few poor ones.
Take Cap-and Trade. Jim Hansen, NASA climatologist, describes it ...
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Tom Wolfe
Picador, 2008
Before raves were "in" there were acid tests
Tom Wolfe does an admirable job of getting close to Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. He follows them through varied adventures and chronicle such activities as the meetings of the Pranksters and Leary's Harvard group. A glimpse of the early Wizards acid test ...
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Home: A Novel
Marilynne Robinson
Picador, 2009
Simply sad
Marilynne Robinson's "Home" is hard to describe, but I'd say that it is more about emotional impact on the reader than enjoyment of story. The general theme of the prodigal's return is at the heart of the book. In this case though, the prodigal, though beloved by his ...
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