In fact, Shakespeare creates in Caesar a character who is sometimes reasonable, sometimes superstitious, sometimes compassionate, and sometimes arrogantly aloof. On the other hand, if Caesar were wholly the bloody tyrant, there would be little cause for Brutus' hesitation and no justification for Antony's thirst for revenge. If Brutus and Cassius were eminently evil men insidiously planning the cold-blooded murder of an eminently admirable ruler, Julius Caesar would be little more than a melodrama of suspense and revenge. In using Julius Caesar as a central figure, Shakespeare is less interested in portraying a figure of legendary greatness than he is in creating a character who is consistent with the other aspects of his drama.
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In a hotel room in Venice, where she's just completed a routineĪssassination, Villanelle receives a late-night call. deftly shaped towards an excellent denouement in which both women revolt against their male bosses and the organisations behind them." ―Sunday Times The echoes of Ian Fleming and John le Carré are deafening and the ensuing double-crossing and switch-hitting outspoofs them both." ―Evening Standard In the end, it’s just the two of them, playing by rules only they understand. As Eve locks onto Villanelle’s trail, I wanted to show that pursuit, no matter how pitiless, is also a kind of courtship, he said of No Tomorrow. His Villanelle books, of which No Tomorrow is.show more. Once again the reader is treated to a banquet of minced spies. Jennings told Entertainment Weekly that he sees No Tomorrow as part two of a trilogy. Luke Jennings is a London-based author and journalist who has written for the Observer. Like his remarkable crackpot assassin, Jennings goes his own sweet way. " Forget the overrated TV series, Luke Jennings's tales of Sapphic slapstick work better on the page and this sequel to Codename Villanelle ignores the events of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's adaptation. The basis for KILLING EVE, now a major BBC TV series, starring Sandra Oh and The setting is inspired by 1930s Europe, but only in aesthetic and political climate. It sets out to build an ambitious setting from scratch and does its job stunningly. It is the best sort of spy novel, with twists, intrigue, and a careful application of the mainstays of the genre. Amberlough is titled after the city in which the novel takes place, the primary piece of an original setting that suggests 1930s Europe without speaking its name.Īmberlough is the absolute best of its kind. The three of them are challenged to navigate a country being overcome by a fascist regime, their livelihoods labeled “immoral” and their sexualities newly forbidden. Finally, Cordelia Lehane, Aristide’s partner in burlesque and Cyril’s partner in one last mission. Then there is Aristide Makricosta, a burlesque dancer, smuggler, and Cyril’s clandestine lover. The first is Cyril Depaul, a government spy who has been out of the field since a traumatic flubbed mission. Trigger warnings: Graphic violence, graphic torture, sexually explicit language, fascism, murder, sex work, drug trafficking, lynching, and probably many more (feel free to message me a question regarding specific concerns)Īmberlough follows three main characters, each tied to the next. Sex happens in scene, but not with the intent to titillate. Note: Amberlough is sexually explicit, but not pornographic. We were living in Shanghai, and my father was working in our old home territory, which at the time was across various battle lines. I say fortunately, because the samples that did manage to survive are terrible, with the single exception of a rather nice letter I wrote to my father when I was seven. Fortunately, very few samples of my early writing survived the eighteen moves I made before I was eighteen years old. I must have tried writing soon afterward. I know I began reading when I was four or five, because I couldn't stand not being able to. When I was twenty, I wanted to get married and have lots of children.Īnother question I can't answer is, "When did you begin writing?" I can't remember. But when I was ten, I wanted to be either a movie star or a missionary. One is, "When did you first know that you wanted to become a writer?" The fact is that I never wanted to be a writer, at least not when I was a child, or even a young woman. People are always asking me questions I don't have answers for. It’s an unexpectedly sophisticated and effective approach for a game that really boils down to the basic concept of The Binding of Isaac: running through a series of randomly generated rooms and murdering up a bunch of gross…things.Įach room can potentially include loot, traps, enemies or bits of story – a torn page of notebook, a ritually defiled corpse, a machine used for some infernal experiment – that adds to the story if examined. The trick is that while the levels are procedurally generated, the clues are written so that they can be explored and pieced together in a random order that reveals a deeper truth – The Dunwich Horror by way of Her Story. Lovecraft’s signature move of slowly building cosmic horror possibly work as an action Roguelike? Lovecraft’s Untold Stories had me skeptical from the get-go. Lovecraft’s Untold Stories by Blini Games His prose is chatty, banal, and prone to hyperbole. More informative are his chapters describing unrelated projects such as the films Three Men and a Baby and The Good Mother, both of which Nimoy directed. Most of Nimoy's numerous anecdotes here add little to Trek lore. Did you feel rejected? I'm sorry,'' Nimoy says to Spock, with whom he has periodic conversations throughout the book. I was just trying to find a way to come to terms and explain. In fact, Nimoy apologizes for his more controversial 1975 memoir, I Am Not Spock: ``That was just a play of words, ideas. Sadly, while Nimoy the actor rarely gives an uninteresting or tedious performance, Nimoy the author has written a workmanlike but prosaic account that leaves the reader wondering what he might have said had he not been so seemingly eager to avoid both controversy and complexity. Spock, promises to be a welcome addition to a Trekker's library. A new book by Nimoy, the originator of the popular character Mr. A disappointingly ordinary memoir by an extraordinary actor. Marked by blazingly surreal humor and a colorful cast of eccentric characters, “The Edible Woman” is a groundbreaking work of fiction.Ītwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Those around her fail to notice Marian’s growing alienation until it culminates in an act of resistance that is as startling as it is imaginative. Suddenly empathizing with the steak in a restaurant, Marian finds she is unable to eat meat.Īs the days go by, her feeling of solidarity extends to other categories of food, until there is almost nothing left that she can bring herself to consume. A recent university graduate, she crafts consumer surveys for a market research firm, maintains an uneasy truce between her flighty roommate and their prudish landlady, and goes to parties with her solidly dependable boyfriend, Peter.īut after Peter proposes marriage, things take a strange turn. Marian McAlpin is an “abnormally normal” young woman, according to her friends. The Booker Prize winner is both a scathingly funny satire of consumerism and a heady exploration of emotional cannibalism. The novel put the bestselling author of “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “The Testaments” on the literary map. Lega Press is the publisher of the book translated by Razieh Jalali. TEHRAN – “The Edible Woman”, Canadian writer Margaret Atwood’s debut novel published in 1969, has been published in Persian. This is a fast-paced story that never slows down and the characters are highly entertaining. However once there she accidentally ends up enmeshed in a battle between two supernatural groups no one even knew existed. In an airship named the Spotted Custard (while happens to be painted like a giant ladybug) Rue journeys to India. Rue has been causing a bit of a ruckus in London so Lord Akeldama asks her to go on a mission to India to hunt down some very important tea. Rue is the world’s only metanatural which means she has the ability to steal a supernaturals’ form. Prudence (aka Rue) is the daughter of Lord and Lady Maccon (the main characters in the Parasol Protectorate series) but has been raised by the vampire Lord Akeldama. She portrays emotion well and made this book an absolute joy to listen to. The narrator sounds exactly how I imagined Rue would and does an excellent job with other character voices too. I listened to this on audiobook and the audiobook was incredibly well done. I am also a fan of the Parasol Protectorate series and the Finishing School series but I think this book was more well written than any of those. I think this is Carriger’s best series yet. This was a fantastically fun steampunk paranormal read. Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in the Custard Protocol Length: 12 hours and 40 minutes (368 page) Combine all that with an influx of European immigrants who brought with them generations of distillation and beer making knowledge and you would have expected the 1920s to be a celebration of spirits, not an elimination of them. It’s even more surprising considering that the turn of the century was a real renaissance for distilled spirits with the emergence of the cocktail (an event often mis-attributed to the prohibition era). Even the nation’s first president, George Washington, made it a point to have aged Barbados rum prominently served at his inauguration. The US has a deep history with distilled spirits dating back to the country’s inception, when sugarcane and molasses were shipped from the Caribbean to the colonies where it was made into rum. In many ways it’s almost unfathomable to think that there was a time when drinking alcohol in the United States was illegal. Leslie incorporated spiritual themes in all her work.A tribute to author Leslie Esdaile Banks (Dec.NOTE: Leslie passed away at the age of 51 in August 2011-to cancer at the height of her career and shortly after giving a speech at the White House.on the problems of healthcare for entrprneurs. She is a full-time writer living and working in Philadelphia. Banks is a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania Wharton undergraduate program with a Master's in Fine Arts from Temple University. She is a proud member of The Liars Club, is a Board of Trustee member for the Philadelphia Free Library and serves on the Mayor's Commission on Literacy. She mysteriously shape-shifts between the genres of romance, women's fiction, crime/suspense thrillers, and paranormal lore. Banks has written over 42 novels and contributed to 23 novellas. Banks was named a 2010 Living Legend by the Black Alumni Society of University of Pennsylvania, is the recipient of the 2009 Romantic Times Booklover's Career Choice Award for Paranormal Fiction, was also named one of Pennsylvania's Top 50 Women in Business for 2008, as well as won the 2008 Essence Storyteller of the Year award. Some links still remain, that can be found below in the community section. NOTE: Leslie's websites have all finally been dismantled. |