What Fiction are you reading this week, Dec. 13, 2020? [View all]

Happy Hanukkah!

I am reading The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich. A majestic work of fiction based on real events during the life of her grandfather. This story explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity and unfolds with the elegant prose, sly humor, and depth of feeling of a master craftsman. That's what it says on the cover and I completely agree. "Sly humor:" Government is like sex. When it's good you don't appreciate it enough and when it's bad you can't stop thinking about it. Ms Erdrich is a woman of great wisdom.

Listening to Ian Rankin's 13th John Rebus mystery, Set In Darkness. From 2000, I don't know how I missed this one after all these years but am glad I found it now. It's a fun listen while Rebus confronts his dark side with his usual snarky wit and deals with three seemingly disparate cases.

What is your pleasure this week, fiction-wise?


(I gotta make a small grocery run now as it's supposed to start snowing later today and not let up for days. Back soon )