Stephen Bentley Archives

2 Nov 2017

Crime Fiction About An Undercover Cop By a Former Undercover Cop

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Crime Fiction About An Undercover Cop By a Former Undercover Cop is roughly how the blurb goes on the Amazon listing for my latest book Who The F*ck Am I?. The title may be a tad controversial to some, … Continued

Book Reviews: Escape Into Reality

Nature as Main Character in Fiction: 2. <em>The Overstory</em>

The Overstory—I didn’t know for sure what the title alluded to when I first encountered this novel by Richard Powers. I interpreted it in terms of the usual conventions about books, especially fiction. I guessed “overstory” referred to an overarching theme, the most important one that subsumes some more obvious sub-themes. You, the reader, must […]

A Delight: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Writers write books. They also write about books—reviews, literary analysis, how-to manuals. And, of course, fiction. Fiction about books often deal with our relationship to books or what they mean to us. The book, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, is one such novel. Set shortly […]