![]() ![]() ![]() Lily Carver (adopted name), adult female, snow-white hair, attractive until she exposes a torso scarred by flames, criminal passing as Lily Carver, Berga Tom's friend and roommateīerga Tom adult female, "wide-set eyes, large mouth, tawny hair that spilled onto her shoulders like melted butter.a Viking," former companion to mafiosos Soberin adult male, middle-aged, doctor working with the Mafia runs sanitarium where Berga Tom was sent ![]() Major Characters Mike Hammer adult male, strong, but repeatedly called "ugly," sexually attractive to many women nonetheless, private investigatorīilly Mist adult male, middle-aged, greasy face, gangsterĭr. Hammer's disgust for the Mafia fuels him for the rest of the novel. Hammer decides that he can't walk away from the mystery after they both become victims to the Mafia the woman is tortured and killed in front of him, and Hammer himself is pushed over a cliff in his car, surviving only when he is thrown clear. When she gets into his car, she draws him into a complicated mystery. Private investigator Mike Hammer narrowly avoids running over a mysterious woman on the road at night. Setting: urban Hammer spends a lot of time seeking out gangsters from different levels of the Mafia, which sometimes involves visiting expensive private locations and sometimes involves searching through lower-class bars, depending on the status of the individual criminals Publisher: New American Library (Signet Books 1000) Kiss Me, Deadly Cover Artist: James Meese ![]()
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![]() Although these are detective stories, the protagonist is never a real detective. The New York Trilogy features three stories- “City of Glass,” “Ghosts,” and “The Locked Room.” Each story centers on an unnamed protagonist, or a protagonist operating under a pseudonym. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His literary awards include the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature and the Premio Napoli. Auster is an internationally bestselling author. Critics believe that the stories are a significant contribution to the twentieth-century postmodern literary movement. Each story explores the meaning of language and literature in our quest for personal autonomy. First published in 1987, the trilogy weaves together three mysteries set in New York. ![]() ![]() ![]() The New York Trilogy is a series of short interconnected detective stories by Paul Auster. ![]() ![]() ![]() He later convinces her mom by helping her fulfill her biggest dream of singing at a concert by arranging for her to perform at the concert organised by Krish's employer City Bank. At first, Krish tries to convince his girlfriend Ananya's parents by helping Ananya's brother Manju IIT tuition and by helping her father Swaminathan create his first PowerPoint presentation. Both graduate and get jobs with serious plans for their wedding. Ananya was tagged as the "Best girl of the fresher batch". The story begins in the IIM Ahmedabad mess hall where Krish, a Punjabi boy from Delhi sights a beautiful girl Ananya, a Tamilian from Chennai quarreling with the mess staff about the food. It is narrated from a first-person point of view in a humorous tone, often taking digs at both Tamil and Punjabi cultures. The story is about a couple Krish and Ananya, who hail from two states of India, Punjab and Tamil Nadu, respectively, who are deeply in love and want to marry. This is his fourth book after Five Point Someone, One Night the Call Center and The Three Mistakes of My Life.Ģ States: The Story of My Marriage is autobiographical with only names changed. ![]() Bhagat wrote this novel after quitting his job as an investment banker. It is the story about a couple coming from two states in India, who face hardships in convincing their parents to approve of their marriage. ![]() 2 States: The Story of My Marriage commonly known as 2 States is a 2009 novel written by Chetan Bhagat. ![]() ![]() ![]() Walk with Me does justice to the full force of Hamer's activism and example. Bestselling biographer Kate Clifford Larson offers the first account of Hamer's life for a general audience, capturing and illuminating what made Hamer the electrifying force that she became when she walked onto stages across the country during the 1960s and until her death in 1977. When a white doctor sterilized her without her permission in 1961, Hamer took her destiny into her own hands. ![]() As the Civil Rights Movement began to emerge during the 1950s, she was struggling to make a living with her husband on lands that her forebears had cleared, ploughed, and harvested for generations. Born in the Mississippi Delta in 1917, Hamer was the 20th child of Black sharecroppers and raised in a world in which racism, poverty, and injustice permeated the cotton fields. At the Democratic Convention in 1964, Hamer's televised speech took not just Democrats but the entire nation to task for abetting racial injustice, searing the conscience of everyone who heard it. ![]() ![]() Her impassioned rhetoric electrified audiences. For millions hers was the voice that made "This Little Light of Mine" an anthem. Few figures embody the physical courage, unstinting sacrifice, and inspired heroism behind the Civil Rights movement more than Fannie Lou Hamer. ![]() ![]() Things really got interesting about halfway through and I just plowed through the end. Soon she must come to terms with her past and figure out what to do with her future.The novel was a very good and quick read, I read it in an afternoon. Life gets even more complicated when she finds a fancy baby gown in her parents' attic, too fancy to be from an Amish child. ![]() ![]() After her beau dies tragically, she struggles even more despite the fact that she's engaged to the bishop in her town. I wanted to read it soon because Hallmark made a movie from the novel that's premiering on April 16th and I wanted to have read the book before seeing the movie.Katie Lapp has struggled with her Amish heritage for as long as she can remember, often wanting to just indulge in a simple song. ![]() You know Amish novels are my guilty pleasure and this was one of the best Beverly Lewis novels I've read. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The second ghost-that of said husband, Lord Tindall-had evidently been seen roaming the hallways at night, sometimes reaching to fix an off-kilter picture, though not moving it an inch. He swore he saw the ghost of Madame Tindall clawing at the walls, begging for water, claiming she’d been poisoned by her husband. The first had been spotted by a footman who’d been locked in the cellar some decades ago. The 17th-century fort was supposedly the home of two ghosts. People said Carlisle was one of the most haunted castles in Britain. I grew up here and had yet to encounter anything as scary as that brash American boy. Not a thirteen-year-old boy with a face like The Sleeping Faun sculpture-lazily beautiful, impossibly imperial. I’d always been a bit wary of Carlisle Castle, but up until ten minutes ago, I thought it was the ghosts that terrified me, not the students. The rusty metal legs of the bed whined as they scraped against the floor. I squeezed my eyes shut and rocked back and forth, curled like a shrimp on the hard mattress. ![]() Social ClubĮvery bone in my body shivered as I tried to bleach the image I’d just seen from my brain. “Dirty Little Secret”-The All-American Rejects ![]() ![]() I’m all for magic writing and magic realism. Draw connections between age old abuses and the struggles of modern women, particularly in the queer community. Create a sense of magic or magic realism. The Magdalen laundries, the abuse of women and babies, the crimes committed in the name of religious morals. What the book is trying to do: Draw attention to the atrocities of Irish history. Therefore, I’m going to write a negative review of All the Bad Apples without feeling too bad. At the same time, I do believe that a great book transcends its target audience and can be enjoyed regardless of age. After all, I’m certainly not the target audience. I sometimes feel bad when I write a review for a young adult book that I didn’t enjoy. ![]() I received an Advance Readers Copy of this book. ![]() ![]() All the Bad Apples – Moïra Fowley-Doyle (Kathy Dawson Books, 2019) ![]() ![]() ![]() I did read Hearts in Atlantis last year, but that is a cohesive collection of interconnected stories with recurring characters and themes. Skeleton Crew is my first true foray into Stephen King’s works of short fiction. Whether it’s a mysterious impenetrable mist camouflaging bizarre, otherworldly terrors that could herald the destruction of humanity or an eerie-looking child s toy that harbors an unimaginable evil or four college students on a deserted lake encountering something that crosses the boundary of sanity or a man suddenly given the omnipotent ability to quite literally edit his own reality the extraordinary narratives found in Skeleton Crew are the enduring and irresistible proof that Stephen King is a true master of the short fiction form. From one of the greatest storytellers in modern times comes this classic collection of twenty-two works of fright and wonder unforgettable tales that will take you to where your darkest fears await. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel is an unembellished exploration of harsh truths. From Blaxploitation films, America’s Bicentennial Celebrations, and the Jackson Five, Whitehead shows popular culture as it was five decades ago, to high crime rates, social unrest, swelling racial tension, and anti-police sentiment that seem to mirror life today. The second in a trilogy that began with the successful Harlem Shuffle, Crook Manifesto blends dark elements with humor to feature the gritty realities in New York City’s complex history. ![]() Time travel may not be possible, but two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Colson Whitehead transports readers back to the 1970s with the latest edition in his Harlem Saga. ![]() ![]() ![]() Their road won't be easy: they must cross the moon's lawless wastes, facing military hit squads, bandits and the one-eyed leader of an all-female road gang, in a frantic race to get the General to safety.īut something else waits in the darkness at the universe's edge. The pair bury their hatreds and strike an uneasy deal to smuggle the General off-world. Worse, Ten realises the crash was an assassination attempt, and that someone wants the Ortiz dead. The result of a military genetics programme, she is a decorated Army General, from the opposing side of the war to Ten. One night, attempting to atone for her sins, she pulls a teenage girl - the sole survivor - from the wreck of a spaceship.īut Gabriella Ortiz is no ordinary girl. She's desperate to escape her memories of the interstellar war, and the crimes she committed, but trouble seems to follow wherever she goes. Ten Low is an ex-army medic, one of many convicts eking out a living at the universe's edge. ![]() |