I've been to a lot of places, but I've never been to Portland, despite having lived in the Pacific Northwest for most of my life. I've been to Ashland once for the Shakespeare festival, but have to admit that I rarely even think of Portland. When I do think of Portland it is usually because I am rem...
This short story has been sitting on my Kindle forever. I can't even remember how I came across it. I needed a break from STEELHEART, so I dug through my library. Boy am I glad I did. DON'T EAT CAT is surprisingly deep. It starts off hilariously, and I thought I had picked up a comedy. I rarely la...
I don't usually buy or read books about convicted felons, but I just discovered Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins. I decided to give Citizen Vince a try,Vince immediately tells us that he is in a witness protection program, and that he deals in pot and stolen credit cards. His friends are hustl...
I'm guessing that Jess Walter was as upset about the 2004 Presidential election as I was. We handled our disappointment differently: I drank a lot of vodka and he wrote an amazing book with an unlikely hero. Vince Camden is living in Spokane WA where he manages a donut shop. He also pals around with...
Jess Walter is a writer who refuses to write books that will allow him to be pigeon-holed. His Citizen Vince is the darkly funny and oddly warm story of Vince Camden, a low-level hoodlum relocated by the Witness Protection Program to Spokane from New York, coming to terms with his new environment ...
I don't usually buy or read books about convicted felons, but I just discovered Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins. I decided to give Citizen Vince a try,Vince immediately tells us that he is in a witness protection program, and that he deals in pot and stolen credit cards. His friends are hustl...
All the reviews of this say that it's hilarious, a laugh riot. So funny! I didn't laugh even once. This is maybe the saddest book I've ever read, or at least the most poignant. I'm approximately the same age as Walter, and prey to the same generational conceits, fears, and acting out. There's a lot ...
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