The Punch

This was my third Noah Hawley book to read. I discovered Mr. Hawley from his TV show Fargo, and I wondered if he'd written books. I found him to be a serious and gifted writer but of those three books I loved this one the most. There at least 3 dozen lines worthy of being in my quotation book. The c......more

Knockout Noah Hawley - he of Fargo TV fame - hits the bullseye with this comedy/tragedy of brotherly love. Unlike the Good Father, a well constructed but plainly written thriller, the prose sparkles and moves the story up a notch to a more philosophical level. The story is about the squabbling Henry f......more

Parts of this book were laugh out loud funny. (But I have a quirky sense of humour!) The rest is really about relationships: with family, with lovers, with friends.......more

I chose this book after I read a wonderful review of the narrator, Edoardo Ballerini, in the NYT, and I had read another by this author that I liked. The narrator is indeed excellent, the book was only okay. It seems I’ve only read books about dysfunctional families lately, but I’m in the midst of r......more

This is a really tough one to review. 3.5 stars. I was interested at the very beginning and then I lost interest. I kept with it though and then it got interesting again at the very end. At the point where I got bored I found myself asking “what is this book even about?” Part of what kept me reading......more