Category Archives: Revisited

Mygale – Thierry Jonquet (Translated from the French by Donald Nicholson-Smith)

Posted on October 30, 2017 by J D 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 the late French crime … Continue reading →

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Madame Alexandra’s Rule of Business…revisited

Posted on May 12, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Apparently businesses still forget what drives success.  Here’s a reminder… “…money brings the only worthwhile thing it can bring: freedom…it being only the medium of exchange between a man’s labor and his freedom. Labor is not … Continue reading →

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Archibald Lawless, Anarchist at Large – Walter Mosley

Posted on June 7, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I spent that morning inside the mind of a madman or a genius or maybe outside of what Lawless refers to as the hive mind, the spirit that guides millions of heedless citizens through the aimless … Continue reading →

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The Black Spider Revisited

Posted on October 30, 2015 by J D Jung

(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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Sweet Revenge

Posted on August 17, 2015 by J D Jung

Acheter ce livre! When the topic of “creepy” was recently brought up, I immediately thought of a book I stumbled upon a couple of years ago at the legendary City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco. Yes, revenge can be so sweet. Now … Continue reading →

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