by Jack Woodville London | Jul 13, 2012 | A Novel Approach
Out of Step “Somebody had decided that all these soldiers marching around town needed recreation, so the pier—a fishing pier hitherto known simply as Municipal Pier and whose claim to fame was that down at the end of it was Minsky’s Burlesque Theater- was... by Jack Woodville London | Jun 18, 2012 | On the Nightstand
When last we looked, I had finished Homage to Catalonia and was sorting my way through Lawrence and the Arabs. My bedside lamp was being propped up by The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. Let’s see how they turned out. In the meantime, you have told me about... by Jack Woodville London | Jun 15, 2012 | A Novel Approach
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and Paris policewoman Sophie Neveu overcame one obstacle after the other in a never- ending series of lucky breaks that depended on walkie-talkies that could not work, Swiss banks whose passwords were written by Sudoku gamers, a... by Jack Woodville London | Jun 12, 2012 | On the Nightstand
In yet another twist to my highly acclaimed series of book reviews, I give you not a book but Bloom, a funny, one-act, two character play. And, in a slight variation of the accepted practice of reviewers not actually reading the book they tell you to buy, I also twist... by Jack Woodville London | Jun 12, 2012 | Articles
When I was about 10 or so I read a book, The Red Car, in which a boy in a farm town somehow manages to buy a wrecked MG, repair it, and go on to races and adventures. For the rest of my school days I dreamed of driving out of town in my sports car, going on to a life...
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