by Richard Ronald | Sep 8, 2018 | Books, Cormac McCarthy
Buy Paperback Buy eBook Review from a Transgressive Fiction Fan I started reading this book yesterday morning on my commute to work and finished it about five minutes before i went to bed last night. But this is much more than just a fast read. Like his book The Road,...
by Richard Ronald | Sep 8, 2018 | Books, Cormac McCarthy
Buy Paperback Buy eBook Review from a Transgressive Fiction Fan There are very few authors whose entire works I’ve personally sought out. Cormac McCarthy is one such gem. One of the world’s greatest living writers, his skill is something to behold. His...
by Richard Ronald | Sep 8, 2018 | Authors, Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy is an American novelist and playwright. He has written ten novels in the Southern Gothic, western, and post-apocalyptic genres and has also written plays and screenplays. He received the Pulitzer Prize in 2007 for The Road, and his 2005 novel No...
by Richard Ronald | Sep 8, 2018 | Books, Lionel Shriver
Buy Paperback Buy eBook Review from a Transgressive Fiction Fan An epic book like “We Need to Talk About Kevin” is rare, yeah. I can see this as some rather strikingly beautiful monster composed of the few scary parts from Ira Levin’s...
by Richard Ronald | Sep 8, 2018 | Authors, Lionel Shriver
Lionel Shriver’s novels include the New York Times bestseller The Post-Birthday World and the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin, which won the 2005 Orange Prize and has now sold over a million copies worldwide. Earlier books include Double...
by Richard Ronald | Sep 8, 2018 | Books, Niccolo Machiavelli
Buy Paperback Buy eBook Review from a Transgressive Fiction Fan I’m weirdly pleased that The Prince lives up to its reputation: it is indeed Machiavellian. Here’s his advice on conquering self-governing states (i.e. democracies): “The only way to...
