July 20, 2012
Horror Set Against the 9 Circles of Hell: Matthew Pearl’s The Dante Club
In 1865 Boston, a murderer whose crimes reflect the torture from scenes in Dante's The Divine Comedy is on the loose. A group of American poets must use their scholarly knowledge of the great writer to understand and track the devilish killer.
An Ominous, Sensual Debut: Jamie Quatro’s I Want to Show You More
Where Everybody Knows Your Name: The Supremes at Earl’s All You Can Eat
Meg Wolitzer's The Interestings: A New York Epic
A New Tale from Paulo Coelho: Manuscript Found in Accra
A Modern Classic That Endures: Robert Penn Warren's All the King’s Men