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Review: Paul Cody’s “Walk the Dark”

Disclosure: I received a free copy of this novel from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Paul Cody’s Walk the Dark is a slow, strange novel that unfolds through two alternating sequences. The protagonist and narrator, Oliver Curtain, tells his life story via a series of chronological flashbacks, starting from early childhood and […]

Quotes 3-19-2015

“Grandmother was rigorous and unswerving. It was her belief in the value of effort itself that prevented her from buying a television set. She was a passionate reader, and she thought that reading was one of the noblest efforts of all; in contrast, she found writing to be a great waste of time––a childish self-indulgence, […]