by Michael Malone
By Michael Malone Delia Owens, author of “Where the Crawdads Sing,” was on page one of The New York Times in recent days, but the story had nothing to do with her smash novel. Well before the book’s 2018 publication, Delia
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I’ve had some serious Cormac McCarthy issues for a long, long time. McCarthy, who died last month, is widely considered one of the greatest American authors. A couple decades ago, I picked up his 1985 novel “Blood Meridian,” which The New
Read MoreBy Michael Malone “Little Fires Everywhere” sees author Celeste Ng paint deep and definitive portraits of over a half-dozen characters. Those include the four Richardson kids, their mother and an intriguing mother-daughter duo that turns up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and
Read MoreBy Michael Malone J. R. Moehringer tells the story of infamous bank robber Willie Sutton in the novel “Sutton,” detailing his life, from his boyhood in the slums of Brooklyn, to his time in various prisons, and ultimate release at age
Read MoreBy Michael Malone “Normal People” tells the tale of two young people in rural Ireland. Connell is a popular kid at school, handsome and good at sports. Marianne is an outcast. She’s super intelligent, but her dodgy social skills translate to
Read MoreBy Michael Malone What an odd novel “The Sportswriter” is. By Richard Ford, it is the tale of a sports scribe in New Jersey. He’s divorced and has two children. He lost a son a few years before. As the title suggests, “The
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Jonathan Tropper’s Plan B is a fun novel. Ben is 30, recently divorced, working at Esquire, and fed up with his life, despite working at Esquire, primarily because he wishes to be a novelist. His best bud Jack is a
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By Michael Malone Mr. Mercedes tells the story of a disturbed young man who steals a Mercedes and crashes it into a group of unemployed men and women in the early morning as they wait for a job fair to
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By Michael Malone Alex, protagonist of Emma Cline novel “The Guest,” is, in a sense, no one’s guest. She’s an escort in New York City, then steals from her dodgy boss and her roommates and gets booted out of her
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By Michael Malone The Lincoln Highway, by Amor Towles, sets up as a road-trip book. It is 1954, and 18-year-old Emmett is sprung from a juvenile work farm out in the sticks. The facility warden drives him home in Nebraska.
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