The “hysterical, blasphemous and boisterous” final novel of Jose Saramago

The late Nobel prize winner went out with a bang by raising Cain.

by Mark James January 12, 2012November 22, 2024

The late Nobel prize winner went out with a bang by raising Cain.

Arts & Entertainment

Thank God for The Tea Party Guide

Imagine a Stephen Colbert marathon — on steroids.

by Mark James December 13, 2011June 5, 2022

Arts & Entertainment

A man, a horse and a girl: Rode offers a new take on an old classic

by Mark James December 8, 2011April 9, 2024

Arts & Entertainment

Getting it on in Getting Off, A Novel of Sex and Violence

by Mark James November 25, 2011April 25, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Getting it on in Getting Off, A Novel of Sex and Violence

Don’t let your girlfriend/wife read this. She may get ideas.

by Mark James November 23, 2011August 2, 2024

Arts & Entertainment

A time-capsule offering in Jeffrey Archer’s Only Time Will Tell

by Mark James October 24, 2011July 3, 2024

Arts & Entertainment

Lights Out in Wonderland is lights out

Gabriel embarks on a quest to save his friend’s life, even as he is considering ending his own.

by Mark James September 21, 2011August 3, 2023

Arts & Entertainment

Too young to worry about a Dead End in Norvelt

Meet author Jack Gantos at a book signing at Inkwood Sept. 13 at 5 p.m.

by Mark James September 11, 2011June 5, 2022

Music

The Night Train is a One Way Ticket for a Southern White Boy

by Mark James August 22, 2011June 5, 2022

Arts & Entertainment

Don’t Cross Conquistadora: a historical novel in review

by Mark James August 3, 2011August 3, 2023

Arts & Entertainment

Book review: Everyone is la-la in Lola, California

by Mark James July 19, 2011August 3, 2023

Arts & Entertainment

The Tome as Tomb: Mark’s Rules for Reading

by Mark James July 6, 2011August 3, 2023

Arts & Entertainment

Book review: My American Unhappiness by Dean Bakopoulos

by Mark James June 24, 2011October 3, 2023

Arts & Entertainment

Nazis, Commies, sometimes a good guy and Poland in the middle

by Mark James May 12, 2011April 21, 2023

Arts & Entertainment

Hank, morphine and miracles: a new World for Steve Earle

by Mark James May 5, 2011June 29, 2025