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Author Archives: J D Jung
An UnderratedRead Revisited: Blues Highway Blues – Eyre Price
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “Poor mannish boy, Danny, hear me singing straight at you You know you sold your soul. And now you’ve lost that … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, book reviews, Crime, fiction, New Orleans, punk, rhythm and blues
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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Bella Figura: How to Live, Love, and Eat the Italian Way -Kamin Mohammadi
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “ Now that I was living without all the relics of my former identity, there was a glimmer of something new. The heady possibly of freedom.” Kamin was thirty-two and seemed to have it all: … Continue reading
An UnderratedRead Revisited: Shadowboxing With Bukowski – Darrell Kastin
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “The universe shrank daily around me, the bookstore itself was the center, the black hole, the very bottomless hell that would consume me in the end. ..the bookstore was insatiable, a structure of otherworldly forces. … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Bukowski, literature
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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Affections: A Novel – Rodrigo Hasbún , Translated by Sophie Hughes
(Reviewed by JD Jung) Affections is an intriguing work of historical fiction based on true events following the once- close Ertl family. Hans, the patriarch, was a Nazi propaganda cinematographer, and the family fled Munich and arrived in La Paz, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bolivia, Historical fiction, Latin American Lit
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The Exhumation – Nick Padron
(Reviewed by Don Jung) #CommissionsEarned Madrid, 1937 – Civil War chaos has engulfed the country as the city is under siege. Amid uncertainty, three Americans are going there to find and hopefully exhume the remains of a dead American soldier … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction
Tagged espionage, Spanish Civil War
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1414º- Paul Bradley Carr
Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “Be fair to the rapists; don’t feed the trolls; investigate the victims; don’t spook the advertisers; if in doubt, stay quiet…” These were the Bay Area Herald’s rules for investigating powerful tech companies, and Raum … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
Tagged Big Tech, ethics, privacy, sexism, Silicon Valley
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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Siphon – A.A. Medina
Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned Hematopathologist Gary Phillips continually pulls all-nighters at the hospital and hates his job. He has no girlfriend or social life, though he has an infatuation with a female co-worker who is at least ten years … Continue reading
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Tagged dark fiction, medical thrillers, psychological thriller
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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Mygale – Thierry Jonquet (Translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith)
(Reviewed by JD Jung) Ah, revenge can be so sweet. Now mix it with obsession and a touch of madness, and it turns utterly twisted and bizarre. Such is the case with the intense and fascinating novel, Mygale, written by … Continue reading
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Tagged crime fiction, dark fiction, French literature
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The Black Spider – Jeremias Gotthelf (Translated by Susan Bernofsky)
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “And now the people where gripped by the ancient fear that the spider might carry off an unbaptized infant, the pledge of their old pact. The woman was beside herself, she had no trust in God, … Continue reading
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Tagged dark fiction, German literature, horror
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