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Noam

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Mouth to Mouth (Hardcover, 2022, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster) 4 stars

An electrifying thriller that pushes you forward

4 stars

A thriller that plunges you into the corrupted and corrupting LA art scene, told through the eyes of a man claiming to be drawn in by sheer happenstance. Most of the surprises, as they come, are expected, but the picture this book paints is rich and enjoyable.

The peripheral (2015) 4 stars

Where Flynne and her brother, Burton, live, jobs outside the drug business are rare. Fortunately, …

A halting creaky ride through a fascinating world

3 stars

A pile of very interesting ideas, strung together with badly paced and incoherent plotting. The sci Fi concepts are fun and the writing is spare and engaging, but neither the plot nor the characters quite come together enough.

Compared to the TV show, this book has better sci fi coherence but its representation of the near-future Appalachia is a lot worse and less fun.

Invisible Cities (1978, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich) 4 stars

"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities …

One of the most magical books of all times

5 stars

This book is unlike almost any other book out there. A series of philosophical poetic vignettes that explore how people relate to the places around them, the time they move through, and each other, every one-page chapter is a poignant, self-contained thought. Sometimes wistful, sometimes funny, sometimes just downright weird. This is a must-read.