Dennis Lythgoe

Content by Dennis Lythgoe

A dark, but important tale

Issue: July, 2009
Ordinarily, a reader might not be inclined to pick up a novel about the miserable life of a prostitute. Read more »
Cornwell’s epic saga continues

Issue: February, 2010
With 40 books behind him, the 65-year-old British-born author Bernard Cornwell is at the top of his game. But interestingly, his profession came as a sort of happy accident. Read more »
Life, underground

Issue: March 2010
Sebastian Faulks, an experienced journalist and novelist best known for Birdsong and On Green Dolphin Street, writes in a style that is always sophisticated and sometimes satirical, b Read more »
Re-imagining Christopher Columbus

Issue: September 2009
The setting for Canadian writer Thomas Trofimuk’s inventive, charming new novel, Waiting for Columbus, is a mental institution in Sevilla, Spain. Read more »
Spies of the Balkans

Issue: July 2010
Except for John le Carré, there is really no worthy competitor for the master of the historical spy novel, Alan Furst. Read more »
Turow, better than ever

Issue: May 2010
Not all lawyers are capable of translating legal speak into compelling fiction. One of the remarkable exceptions is Scott Turow, the Harvard-educated attorney and prolific author. Read more »