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Book Review: 1794: The City Between the Bridges by Niklas Natt och Dag
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Book Review: 1794: The City Between the Bridges by Niklas Natt och Dag

Man of la BookJanuary 2, 2024

1794: The City Between the Bridges is a dark, brutal story is unrelenting, but difficult to stop reading which is a testament to the excellent translation

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Book Review: The New Detective by Peter Steiner
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Book Review: The New Detective by Peter Steiner

Man of la BookDecember 5, 2023

The New Detective revolve around the question of how people justify the bad things they do, or not even realize they’re wrong

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Book Review: The Inconvenient German by Peter Steiner
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Book Review: The Inconvenient German by Peter Steiner

Man of la BookNovember 15, 2022

The glue that holds the book together, Willi Geismeier is an intriguing, nuanced character, acting as only I could wish I would under similar circumstances.

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Book Review: Rouge Street: Three Novellas by Shuang Xuetao
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Book Review: Rouge Street: Three Novellas by Shuang Xuetao

Man of la BookApril 28, 2022

The stories are bleak and very reminiscent of the stories taking place in Communist Russia – snow, poverty, alcoholism, dead-end jobs,

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Book Review: Metropolis by Philip Kerr
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Book Review: Metropolis by Philip Kerr

Man of la BookMay 15, 2019

A novel featuring German detective Bernie Gunther, this time between World War I and II. This is the 14th book in the series, published after Mr. Kerr’s death.

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Graphic Novel Review: Supergirl Vol. 5: Red Daughter of Krypton by Michael Alan Nelson
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Graphic Novel Review: Supergirl Vol. 5: Red Daughter of Krypton by Michael Alan Nelson

Man of la BookMay 6, 2019

The New 52 Supergirl hates everyone. It is no wonder that the Red Lantern ring finally found her, creating one of the most powerful beings in the DC Universe.

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Graphic Novel Review: The Flash, Vol. 1: Lightning Strikes Twice by Joshua Williamson
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Graphic Novel Review: The Flash, Vol. 1: Lightning Strikes Twice by Joshua Williamson

Man of la BookApril 22, 2019

The Flash (Barry Allen) is learning more about his powers and what fuels them. The Speed Force that flows gives him his powers, strikes all over Central City.

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Book Review: The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och Dag
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Book Review: The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och Dag

Man of la BookMarch 7, 2019

The horror in this book has nothing to do with imaginary monsters, but with the horror of what humans are able to do to one another. It is fascinating

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Graphic Novel Review: Superman, Volume 2: Trial of the Super Sons by Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason
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Graphic Novel Review: Superman, Volume 2: Trial of the Super Sons by Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason

Man of la BookJanuary 14, 2019

A a more naïve, less powerful version of Superman joined with a less moralistic more sarcastic version of Batman is a winning formula.

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Graphic Novel Review: Batman: White Knight by Sean Murphy
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Graphic Novel Review: Batman: White Knight by Sean Murphy

Man of la BookOctober 11, 2018

The Joker rebrand himself as the White Knight of Gotham, the man who will shine a light on all the corruption which is dragging down the city to benefit the few

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