This is from 2015 in advance of the Alamance Reads choice that year. — “This Dark Road to Mercy”; Wiley Cash; HarperCollins, 2014; 230 pages. Can there be anything more remorseless than becoming an adult, especially the harsh transition when dreams begin to go dark, realities take shape and the idea that life can be … Continue reading Book review: ‘This Dark Road to Mercy’

“Letters: Kurt Vonnegut” Edited by Dan Wakefield; Delacorte Press; 436 pages. Fiction only hides so much. It is the curse, or blessing, of an author that bits and pieces of a life are revealed in every book or short story. Remnants can be stitched together like a patchwork quilt over time to present something of … Continue reading Book review: ‘Letters: Kurt Vonnegut’