AltWeeklies Wire
For Better and Worsenew
It's time to give Donovan his due. Often dismissed, he was, when he was good, both distinct and representational, a performer who ingested and then reflected the temper of the times.
Boston Phoenix |
Richard C. Walls |
12-02-2005 |
Reviews
Dowsednew
Rick Moody has made an ambitious leap into a sprawling, overstuffed satiric novel centered on the efforts of various incompetents to create a television mini-series called The Diviners.
Boston Phoenix |
Richard C. Walls |
11-10-2005 |
Fiction
Tags: Rick Moody, The Diviners
Holding Forth: Marc Estrin's Arnold Hitlernew
Marc Estrin’s sophomore novel follows an alienated protagonist as his life intersects with various historical events and flash points. Arnold Hitler enters a Texas elementary school in the mid ’50s, and witnesses up close the wrenching drama of an early desegregation attempt.
Boston Phoenix |
Richard C. Walls |
07-19-2005 |
Fiction
The Spook Of Providence: H.P. Lovecraft's Wretched Excessnew
The addition of Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) to the Library of America’s prestigious list of honored authors begs the question whether he really is that good or whether the L of A is just running out of Great American Writers.
Boston Phoenix |
Richard C. Walls |
04-22-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Chaos Theorynew
So many eccentric characters and event-filled asides make this short novel seem crowded and the air inside a little stuffy. The protagonist's fate isn’t something you’re apt to care about, and the last-minute attempt at poignancy hardly registers more than a "how ironic."
Boston Phoenix |
Richard C. Walls |
11-16-2004 |
Fiction
Tags: Peter Stephen Jungk, Tigor
Marti and Morenew
Francisco Goldman’s fictional re-creation of 19th-century Central America is more telling in its details than in its larger picture.
Boston Phoenix |
Richard C. Walls |
10-19-2004 |
Fiction
