Tag Archives: Adam Murphy
Adam: Dan Brown Groupies of the World Unite!
Take Tuesday
Adam: Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford
Hello friends. I do hope you’ve missed me. I’ve returned this week with a mammoth of a book, Greg Grandin’s Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City. It Continue reading
Adam: ‘How I Became a Famous Novelist’ by Steve Hely
It usually seems like a cop-out for a writer to write about writing, because there Continue reading
Adam: Pop Salvation: A Novel by Lance Reynald
Phew, I learned my lesson with this one. The old adage about not judging a book by its cover? Well this one had a pretty cool cover. Dazzled by a cut-out Gen-X ruffian in the center, adorned in aviator sunglasses, leather jacket, and converse high tops; the word Continue reading
Adam: “The 2009 Book of the Summer”
Okay, you can stop reading books this summer. I’ve found it Continue reading
Adam: Clancy Martin
As the familiar saying goes, we Continue reading
Adam: Denis Johnson’s Meth-Infested Rat’s Nest Comes Alive in ‘Nobody Move’
Have you ever been to Bakersfield, California? I have, and I wouldn
Adam: Listen to This – Manchester Orchestra’s Newest a Success
It’s not too often that critics like a popular band. Or that a popular band becomes so critically acclaimed. Maybe Radiohead, but we’re not talking Rolling Stone Magazine. I ended my relationship with RS after they put Clay Aiken on … Continue reading
Adam: Palahniuk’s Pigmy; Broken Words = Lost Reader
I love William Faulkner. I learned how to read him in college. Not to be pretentious, that
In Love and War: David Benioff’s City of Thieves
Currently buzzing off of bookshelves and onto ‘take-a-look-see’ lists is literary newcomer and Hollywood screenwriter David Benioff’s City of Thieves