John Wilson

There are so many books to instruct and divert us, miming Creation itself in their gratuitous abundance. Continue Reading »

Doubt and faith are intertwined in Thirst. Continue Reading »

If we can't be correct all the time, we can at least be clear. Continue Reading »

When my wife went to visit family, I would sometimes keep notes of things she might enjoy hearing about when she got back. Continue Reading »

Walgermo has achieved a small miracle of tact, insight, and gentle humor. Continue Reading »

In memory of the spy and novelist John le Carré. Continue Reading »

The Look of the Book nudged me repeatedly to hunt in my own shelves and stacks for books the look of which had caught my eye once upon a time. Continue Reading »

A Thanksgiving feast of book recommendations from 2020. Continue Reading »

Connelly’s novels make up one vast saga of crime and punishment, bureaucracy and domesticity, friendship and enmity. Continue Reading »

I find that most younger readers today, while recognizing Solzhenitsyn's name, have never read him. Continue Reading »