You might want to refer to my recent review of Jonathan Harr’s The Lost Painting for a refresher on my relationship with non-fiction. While I always prefer a novel, I am getting better at reading non-fiction that is both informative and engaging. Domino definitely falls into this category, as Maura Hanrahan does her usual deft [...]
Entries from October 2006
October 15, 2006
High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby
Man, I love Nick Hornby. I have this little problem I’ve mentioned before about novels written by men. I don’t try to be sexist in my reading, but when it comes to contemporary and historical fiction (fantasy, sci-fi, all nonfiction excepted — there are some great male writers in those areas) I find it hard [...]
October 15, 2006
The Lost Painting, by Jonathan Harr
I was confused about this book. Everything from the cover blurbs to the introduction made me assume this was a novel — one of those “Adventures in Research” stories I like so much, but about art instead of literature. Then I got a couple of chapters in and realized … this was non-fiction.
Those who know [...]
