One of the cool things about having a book blog is that I come across books in some incredibly delightful ways. Once day, my friend John Madras (“Like the plaid!” I exclaimed upon learn…

One of the cool things about having a book blog is that I come across books in some incredibly delightful ways. Once day, my friend John Madras (“Like the plaid!” I exclaimed upon learn…

One of the cool things about having a book blog is that I come across books in some incredibly delightful ways. Once day, my friend John Madras (“Like the plaid!” I exclaimed upon learn…

One of the cool things about having a book blog is that I come across books in some incredibly delightful ways. Once day, my friend John Madras (“Like the plaid!” I exclaimed upon learn…

One of the cool things about having a book blog is that I come across books in some incredibly delightful ways. Once day, my friend John Madras (“Like the plaid!” I exclaimed upon learn…

One of the cool things about having a book blog is that I come across books in some incredibly delightful ways. Once day, my friend John Madras ("Like the plaid!" I exclaimed upon learning his last name) randomly showed up at my doorstep and gifted me a book that he'd read: John Kenney's I See You've Called In Dead, released in 2025 by Zibby Publishing.

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I became rather fond of Richard Yates after reading A Good School. I like the way his gentle prose and charming scenes and characters give way to the dark, graphic underbelly of social niceties. Th…