Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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39 years old. New Jersey resident. Fan of mystery novels, classic literature, and non-fiction about movies, television, sports, and American history.

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Bad Company

Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

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Unusual. It’s a descriptor that applies equally to Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel and to its title character. Eileen Dunlop narrates the events of a week in her life from a remove of fifty years. At Christmastime 1964, Eileen was 24 years old and living a hopeless existence. Living with her alcoholic father in a crumbling New England home and working at a dreary juvenile detention center, Eileen is socially awkward, malnourished, and getting more detached from reality by the hour. She stalks a co-worker and dreams […]

The Sparrows are Flying Again

The Dark Half by Stephen King

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Thad Beaumont is a university professor and novelist with two books to his name, one of which was nominated for a National Book Award. However, his greatest success is as the man behind the pseudonymous George Stark, whose four ultra-violent novels have all been bestsellers. At the beginning of The Dark Half, Beaumont has decided to retire the Stark persona after a nosy fan figured out who was behind it. To get ahead of the game, Beaumont participates in a People magazine story publicly coming […]

Next Thursday

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

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I bought Richard Osman’s first novel, The Thursday Murder Club, mainly out of curiosity. I enjoy Osman’s television persona on various UK panel shows and as the co-host of Pointless and the host of House of Games and I thought that his intellectual brand of humor might make his book a diverting read. The massive sales figures and rave reviews clued me in that The Thursday Murder Club might rise above the typical level of “TV star turns their hand to writing fiction” output, but […]

The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter

Mr. Wilder & Me by Jonathan Coe

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Today Billy Wilder is remembered as one of Hollywood’s greatest film directors, but because his masterpieces are all in black and white, many film buffs might not realize that he continued making movies all the way until 1981. Jonathan Coe’s novel Mr. Wilder & Me finds the director shooting one of his later films, 1978’s Fedora. On the outs with the Hollywood studios, Wilder is forced to accept foreign money to finance the picture, which he films in Greece, Germany, and France. The return to […]

Memoir of a One-Man Guy

Liner Notes by Loudon Wainwright III

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If you’ve ever listened to Loudon Wainwright III’s songs, it won’t surprise you that this memoir is unflinchingly honest about his failings as a husband, father, and person. He’s made a career out of mining the ups and downs of his life for material for his songs. He’s written songs about cheating on his wives and not being there for his children, drinking too much, and his complicated relationship with his own parents. It’s a warts and all approach to life that has its merits, […]

Shooters Gotta Shoot

Billy Summers by Stephen King

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There sure are a lot of stories about “the best assassin in the world.” One wonders if there might be more stories than there are assassins, but since audiences seems to love paying for them and male action stars love the ego-boost of playing them, I doubt it will stop anytime soon. Since I personally find these stories irritating and a little distasteful I was a little disappointed to hear that Stephen King had dipped his toe in this well. Still, as a Constant Reader, […]



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