I received this novel from NetGalley.The writing in this novel is its high point, clever writing and engaging dialogue, and that seems to be where the praises end.This novel seems to follow the life the titles namesake, as a journalist during the turn of the rock and roll century, yet the flashba...
Ruth Rothwax, a successful woman with her own business, Rothwax Correspondence, can find order and meaning in writing words for other people--condolence letters, thank-you letters, even you-were-great-in-bed letters. But as the daughter of Edek Rothwax, an Auschwitz survivor with a somewhat idios...
Edek said, “that the Swiss banks say they can find only ten percent of the records for these deposits by Jews.” “Some people’s loss is so handy,” said Ruth. She felt furious. “The Swiss banks did do very good business,” Edek said. “They gave the Germans Swiss francs to buy war materials from othe...
The smell was like stale, sweet cheese. It came from his body and hovered in a thick net around the bed. It made Lola feel bilious. She began sleeping with the window open. For thirty-five years she had lived with deadlocks, combination locks and iron bolts; her home security system was updated a...