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 Road by Cormac McCarthy. It was originally published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. New York in 2006. I read the First Vintage International Edition. I read it in June of 2025. The title refers to the road that a man and his... Continue Reading →
The book is No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. It was originally published in 2005 by Penguin Random House. I read the 2006 First Vintage International Edition paperback. I read it in February of 2025. The title refers to the lament of Sheriff Bell. He complains that the United States has changed so much in... Continue Reading →
The book is The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. It was originally published in 1926 by Charles Scribner's Sons. I read the 2016 paperback edition published by Scribner (an imprint of Simon and Schuster, Inc.) I read it in July of 2024. The title comes from Ecclesiastes 1:5 "The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where... Continue Reading →
The book is Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk. It was originally published in 1999 by W.W. Norton. I read the 2018 paperback edition. I read it in May of 2024. The title refers to the main character Shannon. It's no spoiler to say that she is a supermodel that gets shot in the face. Throughout the book... 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 →
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