AltWeeklies Wire
Good Election-Year Readsnew
Let's get political.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
09-11-2012 |
Books
Back to the beach with these smart paperback mysteriesnew
Reviews of books by Gillian Flynn, James Lee Burke and Bruce DeSilva.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
08-21-2012 |
Fiction
Beach Reading with a Beatnew
Including Rob Reid's Year Zero, more.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
07-31-2012 |
Books
Tags: Rob Reid
Book Reviews: Gellhorn, The Family Fang, Faithnew
Works by Caroline Moorehead, Kevin Wilson and Jennifer Haigh.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
06-05-2012 |
Fiction
Time for Fine Fall Paperbacksnew
This week, we're looking at new fall paperbacks we feel are worth your time.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
10-24-2011 |
Fiction
Book review: Preston Lauterbach's The Chitlin' Circuit: And the Road to Rock 'n' Rollnew
One thing about the "roots of rock & roll"... is that those roots were tangled, down and dirty, definitely "underground," and nearly always an antidote for "respectable" mainstream culture — which also means that the club owners and promoters were often found on the wrong side of the law.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
09-19-2011 |
Nonfiction
Ron Rash Hits the Jackpot with 'Serena'new
Blood, greed, history and hubris blend and bump together in powerful, explosive combinations in Rash's new novel, Serena.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
10-16-2008 |
Fiction
'Havana Nocturne' Looks at Gambling, Guns and Sex in Pre-Castro Cubanew
The pre-Castro days of the late 1940s and the 1950s were the era when the Mafia ran the most successful string of big-buck casinos, posh hotels and spectacular nightclubs ever seen in this hemisphere -- and paid Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista nearly $10 million (in today's money) per week to ensure that their good thing was "protected."
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
08-27-2008 |
Nonfiction
