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Madame Maigret's Friend by Georges Simenon

The Undiscovered Self by Carl Jung

The Hedgehog and the Fox by Isaiah Berlin

The Art of Controversy by Arthur Schopenhauer

The Moviegoer by Walker Percy

Inspector Cadaver by Georges Simenon

Mrs Bridge by Evan Connell

The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson

Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut

The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck

April 18, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Madame Maigret’s Friend – 4/5 Stars I liked this Maigret more than a lot of others I’ve read. Our mystery involves someone being arrested with a bloody coat hanging in his closet and the burnt remains of a body in his furnace. HIs lawyer maintains that he’s completely innocent of any wrongdoing (including questioning whether or not it’s actually known for sure that wrongdoing has occurred) because of the failure to link physical evidence to the crime. This becomes a bit of a musing on […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Arthur Schopenhauer, Carl Jung, Evan Connell, georges simenon, isaiah berlin, john steinbeck, kurt vonnegut, Rachel Carson, Walker Percy

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:161 · Genres: Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: Arthur Schopenhauer, Carl Jung, Evan Connell, georges simenon, isaiah berlin, john steinbeck, kurt vonnegut, Rachel Carson, Walker Percy ·
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Bremen left the hospital and his dying wife and drove east to the sea.

The Hollow Man by Dan Simmons

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Art of Literature by Arthur Schopenhauer

November 12, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The Hollow Man – 3/5 Stars This is not the basis of the Kevin Bacon movie, and we’re all the better for it. This book, which I think is filled with some issues throughout, is very compelling and interesting, even if I think the driving narrative behind it is relatively weak over all. Jeremy Bremen is a telepath and a mathematician, and we find him on the worst day of his life, as his wife has finally succumbed to the cancer that had been killing […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: art of literature, Arthur Schopenhauer, dan simmons, the hollow man, The Princess Bride, William Goldman

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:596 · Genres: Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: art of literature, Arthur Schopenhauer, dan simmons, the hollow man, The Princess Bride, William Goldman ·
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