OK, I'm on a reading roll.
Books, of course, as in "Killing Commendatore," a novel by Haruki Murakami, which I plan to write about in my next blog post.
In the meantime, though, here's a bit of breaking news. I must confess to being inured to political rants and conspiracy nuts, what Steve Coll says in the current newsstand New Yorker (April 8), amounts to too much of the "personal asides from prime-time personalities and round-tables of bombast mongers." (Don't expect to see Steve Coll on a cable news panel anytime soon ....)
The breaking news: "The Day the Earth Died" by Douglas Preston, that literally earns this quote from Robert DePalma, paleontologist: "It's like finding the Holy Grail clutched in the bony fingers of Jimmy Hoffa, sitting on top of the Lost Ark."
Don't miss it; it is one ripping read.
Next: Running for Your Life Reading “Commendatore
