Portland author Tom Molloy has first-hand experience with the bloody conflict in Northern Ireland, having worked as a freelance journalist covering the Irish Republican Army in its vicious battles with the British army and the police. Those adventures give his latest novel, “Rebel Streets,” authenticity and convincing color.
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BOOKS: ‘Lowland’ scattered and slow
If you’re one of Jhumpa Lahiri’s many adoring fans, someone who is always impatient for her next book, I’m afraid I have bad news for you.
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BOOKS: Pynchon’s ‘Bleeding Edge’ looks back to New York, 2001
NEW YORK — Thomas Pynchon’s latest book, “Bleeding Edge,” begins in New York in the spring of 2001, before Sept. 11 but after the dot-com bubble has burst.
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TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): A combination that’s hard to beat: Calzolaio and the Crossroads Celtic Festival
A foot-stomping, hand-clapping, body-swaying good time at Skye Theater in Carthage helped us work off (sort of) another great dinner at Calzolaio Pasta Company in Wilton.
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Books: ‘One of the best thrillers of the year’
What happens when you mix Catherine Coulter, a best-selling author of FBI procedurals, and J.T. Ellison, an award-winning writer of chilling thrillers involving a female detective battling serial killers?
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BOOKS: Cathie Pelletier to speak at Lithgow Public Library Oct. 7
Award-winning Maine author Cathie Pelletier will appear at Lithgow Public Library at 6:30 p.m. Monday.
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BOOKS: Deep South thriller unfolds in 1927 flood
“The Tilted World” is a captivating Deep South drama that unfolds in the spring of 1927 as the rising, roiling waters of the Mississippi River head toward an epic and catastrophic flood.
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BOOKS: Portland author releases ‘Blue Lobster’
Portland author and lawyer, Dylan R. Boyd, has announced the release of his new novel, “Blue Lobster.”
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TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Spur-of-the-moment planning provided some great adventures
Sometimes our travel column visits take a lot of advance work. And sometimes they just come together beautifully, like this trip to Boothbay Harbor.