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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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In A Lonely Place
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Dorothy B Hughes
jennifer morrow
, January 20, 2010
So very noir that I pictured the whole story in black and white. Dix Steele (how many pornstar wanna-bes are kicking themselves for not thinking up that name?) is a serial killer, and his best friend, Brum, is a cop. So the mystery isn't one of who did it or who will catch the killer as the reader already knows these things. Instead, Hughes keeps us guessing as to which of the three potential victims offered up will Dix choose next. It just boils down to who does he hate more? Hughes does a commendable job of writing in the voice of a man, and a psychotic one at that. Dix's mind ricochets between anger, hunger and sleep deprivation with the occasional bouts of joy over tricking his cop friend to give him lots of police information. His version of falling in love, as he does with a neighbor, shows Dix in full stalker mode and gives the reader another scary aspect of his personality. I'm glad I've finally discovered Hughes and I'll be reading more from her.
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Anglo Files A Field Guide to the British
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Sarah Lyall
jennifer morrow
, January 16, 2010
Lyall is an American who was a reporter for the New York Times when she met and married her English husband about a dozen years ago. They live in London, she works for British papers now and her children are English. In those years Lyall has researched the many ways the British and American minds differ on subjects such as education, the legal system, sex and money. She addresses the subjects that have become stereotypes, such as British food, dental care and their dislike for much of American life. She was present when the House of Lords lost their heredity rights. This was one that I couldn't put down. I found the many, many footnotes to contain almost as much insight as the actual text. Lyall's goal isn't to make the reader laugh, although there is humor, but she's a reporter. She tells the reader, "This is what I saw, this is who I talked to and this is how the situation has changed."
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What Jane Austen Ate & Charles Dickens Knew From Fox Hunting to Whist The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth Century England
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Daniel Pool
jennifer morrow
, January 13, 2010
I thought, from the title, that it would be a quick read but it's much more detailed and researched than I expected. Really well-researched. If you've ever wondered about the different coins used in a Dickens novel or the rules for a card game played by the Bennetts, this book explains it. It also lists the many surprising items people were taxed for, like windows, hats and male servants and so explains why someone who had windows in every room was very wealthy. Also handy is that it translates the Victorian terms for illnesses into modern language.
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Endless Night
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Agatha Christie
jennifer morrow
, January 07, 2010
An unusual book for Christie as it has almost a Gothic feel that reminded me of du Maurier's "Rebecca". Written in first-person narrative, it follows the meeting and marriage of poor English Mike and wealthly American Ellie. The problem is that Ellie has inherited so much money that she can't get free of her greedy relatives and the family lawyers. Well, that's part of the problem...
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Hell Of A Woman
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Jim Thompson
jennifer morrow
, January 06, 2010
Dolly Dillon is a poor sucker trying to hustle a meager living as a salesman/collector for Pay-E-Zee. He deals with bums trying to stiff the company on a daily basis. Then he meets helpless Mona and her pimping aunt. Suddenly Dolly doesn't feel so worthless because Mona is counting on Dolly to come up with some dough and take her away. And she knows where there is plenty of dough. He only needs to get the job done, then get rid of his lazy slob of a wife and that creepy, needling boss, Staples.
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Saturday Night & Sunday Morning
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Alan Sillitoe
jennifer morrow
, January 06, 2010
This book, along with John Osborne's play Look Back In Anger, really represents the Angry Young Man movement from Britain's late 50's. Even with it's misogynistic traits leftover from the previous generations, The Angry Young Man was a new breed who refused to follow orders if they didn't suit his mood and he lashed out at anyone who tried to civilize him. Today, we would call this person a jerk, but 50 years ago it was individuality. Saturday Night...is such a well-written book and still holds surprises for the modern reader. Yes, Arthur is a pint-swilling troublemaker who not only gets married Brenda into "trouble", but sneaks around with her sister when Brenda is too busy to see him. He gets into drunken brawls and lies to just about everyone. He also takes pride in his work and loves his family. Sillitoe writes a complex character who vents, apologizes, looks forward to his future but is frightened of it too.
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DEVIL & DANIEL WEBSTER
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Benet
jennifer morrow
, March 21, 2008
I'm a fan of short stories and have always considered "The Devil and Daniel Webster" the epitome of the genre. Benet manages to construct an imaginative and creepy tale in a very small space that also delivers a bit of New England history. His name isn't so well-kown now, but Benet deserves to be re-discovered. His stories are quite varied in subject matter, though this is his best. Perfect for reading on a chilly autumn evening.
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Murder On The Orient Express
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Agatha Christie
jennifer morrow
, March 21, 2008
One of the greatest mysteries ever written. When an American businessman is killed aboard the train no one really wants to see the murder solved. Unfortunately, Hercule Poirot is aboard and antsy, so he spends his time trying to solve the mystery. Even if you don't care for the mystery genre, Christie writes character studies that anyone can appreciate. She knew human behavior, and The Orient Express is exceptional, even for her.
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Daughter of Time
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Josephine Tey
jennifer morrow
, March 18, 2008
What an engrossing book. Part mystery, part British history lesson. Tey traces the facts of evil Richard III; did he really murder the two princes in the tower, or was he the victim of malicious gossip? The modern day detective story within the story is just as interesting as the historical one.
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