``I've been rereading Briarpatch by Ross Thomas, a too-little-known thriller writer. The book was published 25 years ago, and the world events are a little dated, but Thomas knows just when to be funny, just how to build suspense and just what he needs to do to surprise us. Briarpatch starts with a car bomb explosion and ends with . . . well, that's the great fun of it. Thomas is a master.''
-- MICHAEL WILEY, author of The Bad Kitty Lounge
Our book club is reading "Push" by Sapphire and then we will check out the movie and compare the two.
Posted by: Judith Accilon | October 28, 2009 at 12:06 PM
I hear from our film critic that the film (called "Precious") is pretty great...sounds harrowing, but with a lot of fodder for discussion.
Posted by: Connie | October 29, 2009 at 08:07 AM