Category Archives: Mystery

Four Novels: Four Levels of Hell

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Ron Pavellas

To these four novels I have assigned levels of hell, in descending order, for their depictions of life in various (English speaking) places during the last two centuries. Level 1 I serendipitously happened across Old School by Tobias Wolff in … Continue reading →

Posted in Mystery, Suspense/thriller | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Dark, Thrilling, Light and Complicated

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Ron Pavellas

Summer Reading While walking around Prague during Eva’s and my vacation last month, I couldn’t resist buying an English language book at a Barnes & Noble-type store (in Sweden, like Akademibokhandeln). I cannot account for my reason then to have … Continue reading →

Posted in Books and Literature, Consciousness, Literary fiction, Mystery, The Self | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment