Mysterious Book Report No. 326 – Ultraluminous

By |2018-03-19T20:09:26+00:00March 19th, 2018|Mysterious Book Report|

Ultraluminous by Katherine Faw Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25.00, 199 pages, ISBN 978-0-374-27966-0 This weeks MBR is one of those which are unclassifiable . . . it’s hard-boiled, cutting edge, semi-pornographic, unapologetic, compelling and utterly fascinating . . . but don’t say we didn’t warn ya. Ultraluminous, by Katherine Faw, comes four years after her astonishing and powerful debut, Young God. If Ms. Faw took the literary world by

Mysterious Book Report No. 180 – Young God

By |2016-07-19T07:41:44+00:00July 19th, 2016|Mysterious Book Report|

Young God by Katherine Faw Morris Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $24.00, 193 pages, ISBN 978-0-374-53423-3 There’s a newer genre of hard-boiled crime fiction known as southern noir or country noir that is fast becoming one of my favorites. It’s full of fresh new talent with some of the hottest writing and the most unique voices and characters to come along, and this weeks MBR No. 180 is just such

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