Reviews
July 20, 2004
A Review of The Moviegoer by Walker Percy 0
by C. Max Magee
So, I’m back again after a week in New York. We move to Chicago in three weeks, and after a summer living out of suitcases, an apartment all our own will be a relief. Over the past few weeks I’ve read four books. I read them on the beach, in cafes, in [...]
April 19, 2004
Review: The Known World by Edward P. Jones 0
by C. Max Magee
The Known World feels like a book that took a long time to write. The writing proceeds at a slow but churning pace. Jones meticulously ties each character to one another, to the land, to the curious circumstances of the “peculiar institution” of slavery. We are taught in school that slavery was [...]
February 23, 2004
My Review of Paris Trout by Pete Dexter 0
by C. Max Magee
I came to read this book because last summer I was given, unexpectedly, a review copy of Dexter’s latest book, Train; (my review). I had never heard of Dexter at the time, but I loved the book, and when Dexter came to the book store to do a reading, I made sure I was [...]
February 12, 2004
My Review of The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard 0
by C. Max Magee
I finished the book yesterday during a long afternoon spent in bed recovering from my illness. It was an especially fitting setting. The Great Fire is full of languid afternoons and young men beset by obscure diseases and weary from the war. I enjoyed the setting; the sense of war nearby, war [...]
January 15, 2004
My Review of Everything’s Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King 1
by C. Max Magee
I have touched upon Stephen King’s much maligned reputation from time to time on this blog, and so it was a real pleasure to read a book that reinforced all of the things that I like about his writing. King’s aim is, first and foremost, to entertain his reader, to engage him, to reach [...]
December 3, 2003
My review of Jamesland by Michelle Huneven 0
by C. Max Magee
Some of you may know that I’m currently up to my ears in grad school applications. Luckily, posting on The Millions has a salutary effect on me, and also, I just finished a book, so I need to write about it. Jamesland opens with Alice, great-granddaughter of philosopher William James, having an odd [...]
