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An audio crush

April 9, 2020 by Dave Knadler

One little-discussed provision of the pandemic relief bill is that all ad copy and commentary must begin with the words “during these uncertain times.” So. During these uncertain times, I’ve been reading a lot of Agatha Christie. I got the idea after my favorite podcast host, Phoebe Judge, decided to read a chapter a […]

Filed Under: Books, reading, writers

Trump in spyland

December 1, 2019 by Dave Knadler

I just finished John Le Carre’s latest: “Agent Running in the Field.” It’s a pretty good book for those who like literate spy stories, but to me it’s noteworthy for at least one other reason: It’s the first time I’ve explicitly encountered the dark and dimwitted presence of Donald J. Trump in popular fiction. […]

Filed Under: Books, thatfuckingtrump, Writing

Fifty-two books
and counting

October 16, 2019 by Dave Knadler

the furious hours

I participate in the Goodreads reading challenge mostly to keep track of the books I read in a calendar year. Why that’s important, I don’t know. At this point in life, I guess, I like to take note of the few challenges I can actually accomplish. Now that I’ve ruled out paddling around the […]

Filed Under: Books, reading, Writing

Dorian J. Trump

September 1, 2019 by Dave Knadler

Dorian. Never met anyone named Dorian, unless you count “The Picture of Dorian Gray.” I finally got around to reading that a few years ago. Oscar Wilde. The book was sort of controversial in 1890. It’s about a guy who makes a deal with, if not the devil, then at least a Jeffrey Epstein-like […]

Filed Under: american life, Books, florida, thatfuckingtrump, weather

A good time for fiction

July 9, 2018 by Dave Knadler

least best place book cover

I know; it’s been awhile. The Trump nightmare keeps getting darker, and writing about anything else has seemed frivolous. But life goes on. I am just determined to outlive this bastard, to dance rhetorically on his grave when all this passes, as it must. So I’ve deleted Facebook and Twitter from my phone again, […]

Filed Under: Books, Me, thatfuckingtrump, Writing

It could be worse.
Just ask Grant

January 10, 2018 by Dave Knadler

grant biography ron chernow history

If you’ve ever thought America is going to hell in a handbasket — and who among us hasn’t? — take a trip back to the mid-19th century and see how you like it then. That’s what I’ve been doing since the first of the year: Reading Ron Chernow’s 960-page biography of Ulysses S. Grant. […]

Filed Under: american life, Books

Thar he blows

March 2, 2017 by Dave Knadler

moby dick illustration

Call me Ishmael. Or call me Dave. Really, either one is fine. The thing is, I’ve started reading “Moby Dick.” It’s a Lenten exercise. Last year it was “War and Peace,” this year it’s the great white whale. Somehow I’d managed to avoid it until now. Then Lent rolled around and I started thinking […]

Filed Under: Books, Me, reading

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