The Noctes Ambrosianae (18).
[SCENE: The Cuckoo’s Nest] James: Ah, Zbigniew. Glad you could make it. [He passes Biggy a bottle of Tyskie]. Tychy: …
Tag Archives: Books
Book Review: The Croning.
Don Miller, the protagonist of Laird Barron’s debut novel The Croning, may be dismayed by the “dense and convoluted pattern” …
Short Story Review: Teatro Grottesco
[Tychy is nothing if not a writer and reviewer of short stories: this website to date features about eighty short …
Short Story Review: The Doll, Short Stories.
[Tychy is nothing if not a writer and reviewer of short stories: this website to date features about eighty short …
A Critical Assessment of Mario Puzo’s The Godfather.
Perhaps literary connoisseurs such as we should remain wary of Mario Puzo‘s The Godfather. It is admittedly an expertly plotted …
Book Review: Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca.
[The following contains spoilers.] Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca (1938) is often presumed to be a retelling of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane …
Book Review: Jack London’s The Iron Heel.
In Jack London‘s “dystopian” novel, The Iron Heel (1908), revolutionary communism is put to the test and it fails resoundingly. …
A Political Reading of Mario Puzo’s The Godfather.
Vito Corleone appears to be the founding father of an alternative model of America, in which the power of money, …
The Road to Hill House (3/3): All the House’s a Stage.
[Previously on Tychy: (1/3) "The Anguish of Influences" and (2/3) "The House of Mirth." Ed.] The reader of Shirley Jackson‘s …
The Road to Hill House (2/3): The House of Mirth.
[Previously on Tychy - "The Road to Hill House (1/3): The Anguish of Influences."] Eleanor Vance’s drive to Hill House, …
A Feminist Reading of Mario Puzo’s The Godfather.
The first word of Mario Puzo‘s novel The Godfather (1969) is “Amerigo,” the name of the Italian explorer which was …
The Road to Hill House (1/3): The Anguish of Influences.
Although its cellars are full of old ghosts, the cornerstone of Shirley Jackson‘s The Haunting of Hill House, with its …
A Moment More with “Great Expectations.”
A couple of nights ago, Tychy reviewed the BBC’s new adaptation of Dickens’ Great Expectations, rather sinning against the light …
Book Review: Graham Masterton’s Family Portrait.
[The following contains spoilers.] Graham Masterton‘s 1985 horror novel Family Portrait has been recently reissued for the Amazon Kindle, providing …
Readings of Ringstones: Capra.
When Sarban‘s Ringstones and Other Curious Tales was published in 1951, the collection was generally well-received, with the sole exception …
