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.

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.

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.