Wednesday, May 18, 2005

...thrilled and fascinated...

Lev Raphael, a novelist and reviewer whom I really respect, said in passing a while back, "... it's still thrilling to find a book or writer you adore and to be able to share your enthusiasm and excitement, your passion. Books I've recently been thrilled and fascinated by: Joseph Kanon--Alibi (mystery); Tom Reiss--The Orientalist (biography with a touch of mystery) ; Azadeh Moaveni--Lipstick Jihad (memoir)."
       Well, yaay, the library has all three.
       Kanon is a local connection of sorts, his first big book was the 1997 thriller Los Alamos, about the making of the atomic bomb. It was wildly popular around here.
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