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| TITLE | AUTHOR | COMMENT |
| The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 | Christopher Clark | This remarkable book by a distinguished Cambridge historian sets out to explain how and not why Europe went over the precipice in 1914. The author takes the reader inside the foreign offices of Serbia, Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia, France and England, a journey that can become tedious at times as the names and communiqués pile up but that ultimately sheds much new light on the warâ€s origins, significantly re-appraising Germanyâ€s role. |
| The Woman Before Wallis: Prince Edward, the Parisian Courtesan, and the Perfect Murder | Andrew Rose | This has to be read to be believed—the tale of how Edwardâ€s first great love uses his love letters to obtain acquittal for the murder of her husband. The writing could be better but the story is hard to beat. |
| The Son | Philipp Meyer | A very solid, enjoyable multi-generational novel, set in Texas and narrated by (among others) a 100-year-old cattle and oil baron who spent three early adolescent years as a captive of the Comanches. |
| This Town | Mark Leibovich | Very funny, sassy, gossipy description of what Washington, D.C., is really like these days (even worse than we imagined!). Sure to be a big hit. |
| No Trump Contracts | David Bird | Unusually well-written bridge book explaining how to play no-trump hands. |
| The Unknown Ajax | Georgette Heyer | People have been telling me for years to read Heyerâ€s Regency novels (“Jane Austen with a sense of humor,†they say). Mildly entertaining. Doubt if I will go back for more. |
| Submergence | A.M. Ledgard | I thought this widely praised novel was going to turn out to be a wonderful love story involving two bright and attractive people who meet in a charming country hotel in France. But, alas, the author has his characters spend all their time speculating about the Meaning of Life. |
| In addition to the above I read ten espionage and suspense-type novels, five of which failed to meet even my lamentable standards: | ||
| The Quiller Memorandum | Adam Hall | |
| The Last Man | Vince Flynn | |
| The Double Game | Dan Fesperman | |
| The Rage | Gene Kerrigan | |
| The Asylum | John Harwood | |
| And five of which I liked: | ||
| The English Girl | Daniel Silva | The latest outing for Gabriel Allon, the Israeli art restorer and assassin, and a considerable improvement over his last one. |
| A Delicate Truth | John Le Carré | Even if not in top form, heâ€s one of the best, and this, his latest, has many virtues despite poor reviews. |
| Red Sparrow | Jason Matthews | A terrific debut by an ex-officer in the CIA clandestine service, with moles, defectors and sex nicely blended in a clever plot. |
| Angel Baby | Richard Lange | An exciting thriller involving the efforts of the beautiful mistress of a nasty Tijuana drug baron to escape his clutches and reunite with her four-year-old daughter in southern California. |
| Bad Monkey | Carl Hiaasen | Not as good as he used to be but still pretty funny. |