John Brandon’s Citrus County, reviewed in the New York Times by Daniel Handler An interview with Shane Jones. Dan Chaon on the Bat Segndo Show. Rick Moody’s Five Fingers of Death is a deserved book. Joshua Braf Goes to 770 Eastern Parkway. “I walk into lobbies of untold beauty. I ascend in elevators fit for the gods. Then I walk outside again and see the street defaced by the cruel storefronts of bank branches and mall chains, scornful of beauty.” […]
Random Thoughts on Light Boxes by Shane Jones
Light Boxes, by Shane Jones, was a good read. Unfortunately I couldn’t figure out an appropriate way to review it, so here are a few random thoughts I wrote in my notebook: “I’m glad Spike Jonze optioned the book, and not somebody like M. Night Shyamalan.” “I hope that Spike Jonze doesn’t use any Arcade Fire songs in the film. Arcade Fire suck.” If Tom Waits took magic mushrooms and decided to write a book that was a cross between […]