THE GUN by Fuminori Nakamura Reviewed

by | Feb 16, 2016 | Reviews

THE GUN Fuminori Nakamura Soho Press January 2016 A bored university student, Nishikawa, one night wanders through the dark streets of Tokyo and discovers a gun beside a bloody body. Instantly fascinated by the weapon, he steals it—and his mundane life degrades into a...
FIVE THINGS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

FIVE THINGS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

by | Feb 16, 2016 | Features, Five Things

FIVE THINGS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE DETECTIVE COMICS #402 – The downside of wearing hand-me-downs as a kid can be summed up in a photo of me in front of the school bus wearing red plaid pants and an aquamarine shirt with an iron-on of an owl on it. The upside was...

BACK BLAST by Mark Greaney Reviewed

by | Feb 15, 2016 | Books

Back Blast Book Five in the Gray Man series Mark Greaney Feb 16, 2016 Berkley Pub Back Blast by Mark Greaney brings back the Gray Man, a former paramilitary officer with an agenda. Anyone looking for characters and plotlines in the fashion of Vince Flynn’s Mitch Rapp...

Author Workspace: John Schulian

by | Feb 13, 2016 | Author Workspaces

It’s a sunny afternoon in an El Nino winter and I’m at home looking out my office window at the kind of view readers might never expect if all they had to judge me were the damaged knight valiant, soiled angel, show-biz pimp and relentless sociopath who populate my...

Q&A with Jack Getze

by | Feb 12, 2016 | Author Interviews

 by Rob Brunet Jack Getze is serious about being funny. If you’ve read any of his BIG series, you’re familiar with the helplessly self-aware Austin Carr. Layering Austin’s humorous point of view into tales chock full of crime and skirt-chasing is a craft Getze doesn’t...

Two Films About Old Age

by | Feb 12, 2016 | Films

45 YEARS Directed by Andrew Haigh Written by David Constantine Starring: Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtney THE LADY IN THE VAN Directed by Nicholas Hhtner Written by Alan Bennett Starring: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings Although these films were very different in tone,...