The book is The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. It was originally published in 1988 by Viking, a Penguin group. I read the 2008 Random House paperback edition. I read it in February of 2024. The title refers to a set of heretical verses in the Quran that were apparently removed for various reasons. The verses indicate that... Continue Reading →
"He could almost see his magnificent father, here ...in the mind's eye—if only he might drop from the clouds and drive these suitors all in a rout throughout the halls and regain his pride of place and rule his own domains!" -- The Odyssey (p81 Homer) Every man should get a job, start a family,... Continue Reading →
The book is Children of Ash and Elm by Neil Price. It was originally published by Basic Books in 2020. I read the 2022 paperback edition. I read it in February of 2024. The title refers to the creation of the Viking people by the gods. "The man is Askr, the ash tree. The woman is Embla, the... Continue Reading →
The book is The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell. It was originally published in 2006 by Harper Collins. I read the 2007 paperback edition. I read it in January of 2024. The title refers to a Viking character named Svein. He's the main villain of this installment of Cornwell's Last Kingdom series. I'm reading this book series because... Continue Reading →
The book is Discourses by Epictetus. It was originally written down by a student of Epictetus around 108 AD. I read the Penguin Classics 2008 paperback edition. I read it in January of 2024. The title refers to the conversations Epictetus had with his students to prove the points of his philosophy. I read this... Continue Reading →
The book is Suttree by Cormac McCarthy. It was originally published by Random House in 1979. I read the paperback edition. I read it in January of 2024. The title refers to the main character Cornelius Suttree. He's a man who lives in Knoxville Tennessee. He lives on a little house boat on the river as a fisherman.... Continue Reading →
Solomon White 