Michael Pelusi

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This was one of my favorite books during my childhood, and I wanted to re-read it to see if it had influenced me in some subtle way. There's definitely a liberal, urban-friendly undercurrent that might have seeped into my brain. I'd even suggest that urban bikers and biking advocates ought to read this, even if actual bikes hardly ever appear in the book.

March 16, 2011

The death of Bunny Munro

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Nick Cave

I'm a Nick Cave fan, but I think I prefer his OTT wordsmithery when it's accompanied by The Bad Seeds' sonic whup-ass.

January 11, 2010

Bicycle Diaries

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David Byrne

I reviewed this book for the Philadelphia City Paper. Scroll down a bit here: http://citypaper.net/articles/2009/10/15/nonfiction-reviews

October 4, 2009

A Visit from the Goon Squad

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Jennifer Egan

I get why people are loving this. The structure is very impressive, and Egan writes very well about dashed dreams and the like. And yet, it didn't always hang together for me. Despite the connections between all the characters, sometimes this just read like a bunch of short stories.

May 10, 2011