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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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44 Days

The Damned United by David Peace

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In 1974 the defending champion Leeds United needed a new manager as their legendary coach Don Revie was leaving to take over the English national team. In a shocking move Leeds hired Brian Clough, an outspoken critic of Leeds and their style of play. After alienating the players, the fans, and his bosses, Clough was sacked after only 44 days. The Damned United is David Peace’s novelized version of this time period. Using artistic license to imagine Clough’s state of mind during this ordeal and […]

Scary Cat

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

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I’ve been working my way through Stephen King’s bibliography lately and the release of a new film adaptation made Pet Sematary a natural enough choice for my latest foray. Louis Creed is a doctor who moves his family from Chicago to Maine in order to take a job at a university hospital. He becomes fast friends with his 83-year-old neighbor, Jud, who shows the Creed family the unusual feature of their property. The children of the town have a tradition of burying their dead pets […]

Man of the Moment

Shortest Way Home by Pete Buttigieg

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If you’ve been desperately awaiting November 2020 as much as I have, you’ve probably noticed that Pete Buttigieg is having a moment. The 37-year-old Buttigieg is a Harvard grad, a Rhodes Scholar, and a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, having been called up from Reserve duty while in his first term. He famously speaks seven languages and even performed Gershwin with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra. He is also the first openly-gay man to run for President, having come out shortly after returning from […]

The Continuing Adventures of Danny Torrance

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

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I thought about waiting 30 years to read Stephen King’s sequel to The Shining, in order to reflect the gap in time between both the release of the two books and their setting. In the end I decided I didn’t have the patience. Yes, Danny (now Dan) Torrance is all grown up and still grappling with his special talent, the one Dick Hallorann called “shining.” Dick is out of adult Danny’s life, as is his mother Wendy, both dead, and the beginning of the novel […]

Go Crazy? Don’t Mind if I Do

The Shining by Stephen King

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I haven’t actually seen Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of The Shining, but it’s a testament to that film’s iconic status that even I couldn’t help but notice how different the original novel is from the movie. Without trying to spoil anything, there’s no cascade of blood coming out of an elevator and no creepy set of ghost twins either. There is, however, one hell of a dynamite premise, for either a book or a movie. For the few of you who might need an introduction: […]

Clubhouse Chemistry is Overrated

Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley's Swingin' A's by Jason Turbow

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Every year I try to read a book or two about baseball during the long off-season. It feels a little more productive than looking out the window and waiting for spring. Jason Turbow’s Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic is a non-fiction account of the great Oakland A’s teams of the early-to-mid-seventies. For those of you who aren’t baseball obsessives, the A’s won three consecutive World Series, in 1972, ’73, and ’74. They had some all-time greats and All-Stars all over the diamond. Despite their advantages in talent […]



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