Tag Archives: fiction

The Best Books I Read in 2020

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Ken Dowell

From a housing project in Brooklyn to a crematorium in Korea. Continue reading →

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The Six Best Books I Read in 2019

Posted on December 28, 2019 by Ken Dowell

Stories of Prohibition, the Syrian civil war and growing up in 1960’s Brooklyn. Continue reading →

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Car Trouble and Other Family Problems

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Ken Dowell

Robert Rorke’s novel set in a working class Irish neighborhood in Brooklyn in the 1960’s Continue reading →

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The Five Best Books I Read in 2018

Posted on December 29, 2018 by Ken Dowell

Some history, some contemporary life in America and the view from outer space. Continue reading →

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A Growing Up in the 50’s Book Review: The Shame of What We Are

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Ken Dowell

A review of Sam Gridley’s The Shame of What We Are, a novel in pieces. Continue reading →

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Mr. Boardwalk, Atlantic City

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Ken Dowell

Review of Louis Greenstein’s novel, Mr. Boardwalk, a tale of Atlantic City. Continue reading →

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Red Dirt by Joe Samuel Starnes

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Ken Dowell

The rise fall and reconstruction of a tennis player from rural Georgia. Continue reading →

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Men and Women of the South (Mostly Men)

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Ken Dowell

One of my favorite authors who is also a personal friend is Joe Samuel Starnes. Sam has published two novels, Calling and Fall Line. What is distinctive about his writing is the depth of the characters he creates. They are, from the … Continue reading →

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Work and the Economy in the 2010’s: A Novelist’s Perspective

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Ken Dowell

Some of the best insight I’ve read about the impact of current U.S. economic trends on individuals is in the last two Dave Eggers Novels, A Hologram for the King and The Circle. A Hologram deals with outsourcing, employment and … Continue reading →

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