The book is The Iron Heel by Jack London. It was originally published in 1908 by George Platt Brett Sr. I read the Penguin Classics 2006 paperback edition. I read it in August of 2025. The Iron Heel refers to the oppressive government oligarchy in the story. They are holding down a communist revolution led... Continue Reading →
The book is Sunrise Over the Valley by George Cottonwood. It was published in 2025 by Veritas Entertainment. The title refers to the main character Dean “Sunrise” Michalis. He’s a grocer in a small town but also a skilled gunman. This comes in handy when Dakota Tracy and his gang try to destroy (take over?)... Continue Reading →
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 The Odyssey by Homer. It was originally an oral tradition story told long before it was written down. But it was most likely first composed in the 8th or 7th century BC. I read the Robert Fagles translation in the Penguin Deluxe Classics 1998 paperback edition, in the 2009 boxset edition that includes The Iliad and The Aeneid. I read it... Continue Reading →
Solomon White 