Two page vignettes of what famous couples in history might think during sex. Some are funny. Most are not thinking of their partners. I found this a different way to think about sex. I enjoyed the stories about the Clintons, Nixons, Bushes, Cleo & Antony, and Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok. ...
Perfume River, Robert Olen Butler, author and narrator When the book opens, an older couple, Robert and Darla Quinlan are having dinner in the New Leaf Co-op. They are engaged in conversation and are quite comfortable in each other’s company. When a strange man enters who seems disheveled and obvio...
I am not a massive fan of spy thrillers and I hadn't haven't read the first Kit Cobb adventure but I throughly enjoyed this book.Well paced and fast moving with a real sense of place and time that really had me gripped. Femme fatales, deadly killers and a charming protagonist make for an exciting re...
This is probably the most creative concept for a book I’ve ever seen. Supposedly, a head remains conscious for 90 seconds after decapitation. The author takes historical figures, animals, and mythological creatures who were decapitated and writes 240-word prose-poems about what goes through their mi...
by Robert Olen Butler Publisher: Grove Press Publilcation Date: 8/6/2011 ISBN13: 9780802119872 Pages: 241 Format: Hardcover My Rating: 3 Stars A short quick novel about a couple who relives their life together, past and present as they are preparing for a divorce. The couple met in roma...
If Hell were a 79¢ microwavable burrito it would come in the green wrapper and it's flavor would be mild.I bought this book when it first came out, having excited myself over the synopsis. A snarky, adult, pop-culture referencing trip through Hell? That's so up my alley. I had started it immediately...
I’ve already managed to force this book into the hands of several fellow aspiring writers. If I had I my way I would make it required reading. There are so few books that deal with the creative side of fiction, as opposed to the grammar/structure/revision side, that books like Butler’s are like an o...
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