#90 ORBITAL Samantha Harvey

 

ORBITAL

Samantha Harvey

#89 WAR AND TURPENTINE Stefan Hertmans

 

WAR AND TURPENTINE

Stefan Hertmans  

#88. BROKEN APRIL Ismael Kadare

BROKEN APRIL

Ismael Kadare 

Albanian blood revenge. A man trapped in the conventions of clan rules. 

#87 CRYPTONOMICON

CRYPTONOMICON

Neil Stephenson

Spanning WWII and the 90s, this ambitious global book never ceases to inform across a wide-range of subjects: codes, crypto currencies (way before they existed), reinvented (or reimagined) history, hidden treasure, Greek gods, computers, combat, survival, UBoats.  No subject gets short shrift over the 900+ pages. Not a long slog but not for the faint of heart either. 

4.5 stars

#86 GABRIEL’S MOON William Boyd

 

GABRIEL’S MOON

William Boyd

The unwilling spy in a Sixties spy noir novel

#85 JAMES Percival Everett

JAMES

Percival Everett

Huckleberry Fin. Reimagined.

 

#84 THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB Richard Osman (with abbreviated review)

THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB

Richard Osman

OK. JFDI was very late to the party with this one.

What party?

2 stars