Andrew Agudo

About Andrew Agudo

Andrew Agudo reads and writes most every day he can. Otherwise, he’s anxious and rather intolerable.

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May 8, 2013

The Master of Historical Fiction Is Back: Edward Rutherfurd’s Paris

It may be impossible to summarize Edward Rutherfurd’s new book, Paris. Part history, part novel, it falls into the aptly named, yet ever tricky genre called the historical novel.

May 2, 2013

A Debut Novel of WWII Culture and Childhood: The Third Son, by Julie Wu

Saburo is the third son. This means he gets less of everything than his brothers: less than the second son, Jiro, and certainly less than the first son, Kazuo. From this favoritism two wishes are born in Saburo, both of which serve to motivate Saburo his into. After the conclusion of WWII, these wishes continue to motivate Saburo -- and define his entire life.

April 6, 2013

Detroit’s New Normal: A Memoir of Urban Decay

At one time, Detroit was the 'nation's richest big city.' Its reign, it seemed, would never end, until, of course, it did. Charlie LeDuff's book, Detroit: An American Autopsy, tells of his return home to, and bleak exploration of, the once-celebrated Motor City.

March 21, 2013

Samurai at War with Destiny: David Kirk’s Child of Vengeance

Set in seventeenth-century Japan, David Kirk's book tells the story of Bennosuke, son of a premier warrior, in line to become a great samurai, who, after a shocking event occurs, must confront his destiny.

February 21, 2013

Jim Crace’s Harvest: Small Town, Three Threats, Big Change

In his latest eBook, Harvest, Jim Crace takes on the stranger-comes-to-town plot and pushes it to lengths both fantastical and realistic, historical and modern, as an insular village confronts change.

January 28, 2013

Dennis Lehane’s Live by Night: The Evolution of a Gangster

In Dennis Lehane's latest novel, we're thrown into Prohibition-era America -- among bootleggers, gangsters, flappers -- and follow a bank robber struggling with an identity crisis as he pursues a life of crime.

January 5, 2013

Pickpocketing as Art: Fuminori Nakamura’s The Thief

Nishimura is a first-rate pickpocket. But it isn't only about money; it's also about the thrill and technique. When he gets involved with some big-time criminals, suddenly his new job is a deadly one.

December 22, 2012

Douglas Brinkley’s Cronkite: Revealing the Man Behind the News Desk

Walter Cronkite reassured millions of Americans each night as he delivered the news. Now Douglas Brinkley uncovers the personal and professional life of “the most trusted man in America,” and in doing so, tells the history of the world.

December 14, 2012

Kevin Powers’ The Yellow Birds: A Literary Tale of the Iraq War

This novel written by an Iraq War veteran tells a powerful story about two friends deployed in Iraq, and the damage, guilt, and battles endured, until a secret threatens one of the friend's small sense of peace he thought he had found.

November 23, 2012

Dave Eggers’ A Hologram for the King: An Allegory of a Declining America

Set in Saudi Arabia, a middle-aged American businessman finds himself obsolete, waiting in the desert for the King's arrival. Dave Eggers' National Book Award-nominated novel tells a compelling tale of how we, globally, got to this moment in time.

November 16, 2012

Teddy Roosevelt, NYPD Commissioner: Richard Zacks’ Island of Vice

Sometimes you fight authority and authority doesn't win. Witness Richard Zacks' Teddy Roosevelt, whose battle to clean up a sin-loving New York in the 1890s made him enemies and contributed to his downfall as a New York City police commissioner.

November 8, 2012

The Story of the Perfect Man: Toby Lester’s Da Vinci’s Ghost

What's the real story behind Vitruvian man, the subject of one of the world's most famous drawings by Leonardo da Vinci? Toby Lester's authoritative text traces da Vinci's extraordinary life and the history and philosophy that led him to this iconic creation.

November 5, 2012

The Meeting of Mechanics and Emotion: Peter Carey’s The Chemistry of Tears

In Peter Carey's wondrous novel, an automaton links the past and present and becomes the key to two distinct love stories with rare depth and beauty.

November 2, 2012

Jack Kerouac’s On the Road: Whither Thou Goes in Thou Shiny Car

Jack Kerouac's classic narrative of the beat generation, On the Road, is a must-read. Friends Dean and Sal take a road trip unlike any other, wild and philosophical, across 1940s America.

October 17, 2012

The Original Pulp Fiction: Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep

Raymond Chandler was one of the original authors to create the hard-boiled style of crime fiction. Revisit this noir classic and get reacquainted with his tough but virtuous protagonist private eye, Philip Marlowe, in his first of many appearances.

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