*I just read an article in New York magazine ( http://nymag.com/) with this title and I thought it was a perfect heading for my "check this out" list I keep running in my moleskine. So here are a few titles that I wonder about. If you have read any and want to give an opinion that would be great. Thanks. Enjoy!My Top Five: Is This Book Worth Getting?
- The Septembers of Shiraz Dalia Sofer = Set in the early, dark days of the Islamic revolution, Sofer's The Septembers of Shiraz vividly depicts not only the undoing of a family, but also that of an entire country.
- Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean Douglas Wolk = Suddenly, comics are everywhere: a newly matured art form, filling bookshelves with brilliant, innovative work and shaping the ideas and images of the rest of contemporary culture. In Reading Comics, critic Douglas Wolk shows us why this is and how it came to be.
- The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey through Madness Elyn R. Saks = In The Center Cannot Hold, Elyn Saks discusses frankly and movingly the paranoia, the inability to tell imaginary fears from real ones, and the voices in her head insisting she do terrible things, as well as the many obstacles she overcame to become the woman she is today. It is destined to become a classic in the genre.
- Revenge of the Donut Boys: True Stories of Lust, Fame, Survival and Multiple Personality Mike Sager = Mike Sager has turned tabloid news into magazine pieces that were some of the most admired journalism in two decades. From his landmark story "The Devil and Miss Jones" to his Rick James piece, this new collection focuses on the dark side of American life, including an intimate glimpse of Roseanne Barr’s multiple personality disorder and hanging out on the road with death metal gods. Sager is the anthropologist of places we can only imagine and would rather not visit.
- Crooked Little Vein: A Novel Warren Ellis = A burned-out private detective is enlisted by an army of presidential goons to retrieve the U.S. Constitution...the real one. Following in the steps of Neil Gaiman, Crooked Little Vein is packed with action, adventure, and a wild cast of characters that are sure to appease not only hardcore comic fans, but a whole new slew of mystery readers waiting for a surprisingly surreal treat that infuses the madness of the graphic novel world.
