Archive for Category ‘Chris Wiegand’

Charlotte Carter : Rhode Island Red, Coq Au Vin, Drumsticks : Red Hot And Blue

Chris Wiegand It’s hard not to fall in love with Nanette Hayes, the self-effacing heroine of Rhode Island Red, Coq Au Vin and Drumsticks – a trio of musical mysteries from African-American author Charlotte Carter. A sassy, streetwise, sax-playing

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Kenji Jasper – Dark

Chris Wiegand Dark – Kenji Jasper See all books by Kenji Jasper at Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com There is a fantastic scene in Martin Scorsese’s 1973 masterpiece Mean Streets. In a film packed with memorable moments,

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George Pelecanos: Washington DC Crime Quartet

Chris Wiegand on George Pelecanos’ contemporary hardboiled Washington DC novels With his critically acclaimed Washington DC Quartet, comprising The Big Blowdown, King Suckerman, The Sweet Forever and Shame the Devil,

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Ernesto Quinonez : Bodega Dreams : Spanglish Stories

Chris Wiegand meets Ernesto Quiñonez and dives into Spanish Harlem with Bodega Dreams With the short story collection Drown, Junot Diaz proved that modern literary representations of the Latin American experience

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Amy Prior: Retro Retro

Chris Wiegand Retro Retro – Amy Prior See all books by Amy Prior at Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com As Y2K dropped, London-based writer Amy Prior wasn’t thinking about the new millennium. Her thoughts were with passed

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