Showing posts with label Prison. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prison. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
61 Hours, by Lee Child (on CD)
Great book. I knew who the Bad Guy was fairly early, but wasn't sure what the deal was really. And the ending is pretty spectacular.
Labels:
Drugs,
Fiction,
Jack Reacher,
Prison,
South Dakota,
Suspense
Friday, January 07, 2011
Rituals of the Season, by Margaret Maron (on CD)
Deborah and Dwight are on the verge of getting married, but in the meantime a local attorney and a cop are killed, and a death-row inmate's case is re-investigated.
Labels:
Book on CD,
Fiction,
Judges,
Marriage,
Mystery,
North Carolina,
Police,
Prison
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Every Man Dies Alone, by Hans Fallada; translated by Michael Hofmann; afterword by Geoff Wilkes
Very, very interesting. Written just after WWII, and taking place in early parts of the war (beginning when Germany invaded France and moving forward about two years), it focuses on the people who live in one apartment building in Berlin and how day-to-day life twisted in upon itself under the Nazi regime. It takes awhile to realize, but it's really about the lengths people go to live with themselves. Reading this along side "Crime and Punishment" would be fascinating.
Astonishingly good, with some clunky translation in parts. And the afterword is quite helpful as well.
Astonishingly good, with some clunky translation in parts. And the afterword is quite helpful as well.
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