The author was given complete access to Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell during his first term and the book shows the inner workings, both the good and the bad, of running a big city.
Just finished In the Deep Midwinter by Robert Clark this morning. It...wasn't bad. And a pretty quick read, even with the most stereotypical title that simply had no relationship to the text that I could see beyond pretentiousness. Let's talk about it not as in a literary review, but as I would any ...
Must be my week for family sagas.No sooner had I finished TheseGranite Islands than I began Inthe Deep Midwinter. Very powerfulstory of family dynamics, familysecrets. Recommended.
This is a hard book to review. I didn't really like it, but I enjoyed Clark's use of language. For this particular story line though, I felt that his style gave the book an emotional distance that ultimately lessened its impact on the reader. The tale is about a high school age couple in 1968, who d...
Now that I think about it, this book was very similar to The Green Mile but without the supernatural overtones. Cop reviews his involvement in imprisoning Mr. White for the brutal murder of some prostitutes. Of course, Mr. White didn't commit the crimes (another cop did, who later took his own life)...
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