Epinions Recent Reviews for letrouvere

Novel about couples in Washington, D.C.

Mon, 8 Oct 2001 18:17:22 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author letrouvere - Dupont Circle: A Novel

by Paul Kafka-Gibbons

Boston and New York

Houghton Mifflin Company

2001

248 pages

I wanted to like this novel, but, unfortunately, I didn’t.

Bailey Allard, a widower in his...

Good inexpensive Mexican food in Cambridge

Tue, 25 Sep 2001 18:45:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author letrouvere - Boca Grande is a Mexican restaurant with two locations in Cambridge and one in Brookline, Massachusetts. I am very familiar with the one on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge between Harvard Square and Porter Square. It is a very informal,...

Well written but ultimately ho-hum mystery novel

Wed, 12 Sep 2001 15:33:49 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author letrouvere - Death in Holy Orders is the seventeenth book by British mystery author P. D. James. Its main character, Commander Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard, is familiar to readers of some of James’s previous novels. In this particular novel,...

Another Cordelia Gray mystery from P. D. James

Wed, 8 Aug 2001 12:02:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author letrouvere - In The Skull Beneath the Skin, a mystery novel from 1982 re-issued in paperback by Warner Books in 1996, P. D. James writes once again about private detective Cordelia Gray, who had previously investigated a murder in An Unsuitable Job...

Very enjoyable mystery from P. D. James

Tue, 7 Aug 2001 11:58:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author letrouvere - In An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, first published in 1977 and re-issued in an American paperback edition in 1998, British mystery writer P. D. James introduces one of her recurring characters Cordelia Gray, a young woman working as a...

Biography of Cole Porter

Thu, 2 Aug 2001 17:16:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author letrouvere - William McBrien, a professor of English at Hofstra University, has written "Cole Porter: a Biography" about the famous Broadway composer and lyricist. The only child of a prosperous family in Peru, Indiana, Cole Porter entered Worcester Academy, a...

Inexpensive food in Back Bay

Wed, 9 May 2001 12:11:44 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author letrouvere - If you are looking for a quick, inexpensive meal in the Back Bay section of Boston, there is not much to choose from, apart from the usual chains such as Burger King, Wendy's, Au Bon Pain, bagel chains, and the places at the food court in the Prudential...

The Catholic Imagination

Tue, 2 Jan 2001 20:33:48 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author letrouvere - Andrew Greeley is a Catholic priest and a Professor of Sociology well known for having written more than thirty novels as well as several works of sociology, primarily about Catholics in the United States.

In "The Catholic...

Intro to Wagner's operas

Sat, 25 Nov 2000 15:24:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author letrouvere - Wagner without Fear provides plot synopses of the major operas of Richard Wagner, from The Flying Dutchman through Parsifal. The synopses are detailed, pleasant to read, and contain amusing comments by the author. The chapter on each opera also contains...

South End spot for light fare

Fri, 24 Nov 2000 16:10:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author letrouvere - Francesca's is a pleasant little restaurant in the South End of Boston, suitable for light meals, such as sandwiches and salads, as well as coffee and pastry. Francesca's has no liquor license, and its menu is fairly limited.

Several tables...

Funny fiction and essays

Sun, 22 Oct 2000 14:40:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author letrouvere - Since I have enjoyed watching "Strangers with Candy" on the Comedy Channel, I have decided to begin reading the books of David Sedaris, who is the brother of the show's star Amy Sedaris, and, if I am not mistaken, one of the writers on the...

For devotees of the musical theatre

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:45:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author letrouvere - Ethan Mordden, who has previously written about Broadway musicals of the 1920's and 1950's, turns his attention to those of the 1940's in Beautiful Mornin'.

During the 1930's, the depression economics, Mordden tells us, "had all but...

More about than by the Dalai Lama

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:30:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author letrouvere - This book was actually written by Howard Cutler, not by the Dalai Lama. Dr. Cutler reproduces a number of conversations that he had with the Dalai Lama. Thus, much of the content of the book consists of the words of the Dalai Lama. However, to suggest...

Enjoyable but brief

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:11:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author letrouvere - Novelist Emma Tennant has written about her family in this book described as a "literary memoir." Her grandfather Edward, the first Baron Glenconner, had an inherited family fortune derived from industry. His sister Margot was the wife of prime...

Much like a novel

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:05:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author letrouvere - Home Town by Tracy Kidder seems very much like a novel, but is purportedly a work of non-fiction. The author has interviewed many of the characters, if one may use that word when speaking of non-fiction, and states that any thoughts that he has...

A journey of the spirit

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 09:59:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author letrouvere - In The Camino: A Journey of the Spirit, Shirley MacLaine, who is well known as an actress and as an author of books about her experiences with the "metaphysical," recounts her walk along the pilgrimage route from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in...

The recording is a pleasure

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 09:41:40 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author letrouvere - This is a very pleasant recording, but unfortunately none of the songs are especially memorable. I have played the recording a number of times, and none of the songs stick in my mind. His previous recordings, especially Segundo Romance, were much more...

Backstage at the Opera with Cecilia Bartoli

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 09:19:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author letrouvere - Cinderella & Company, Backstage at the Opera with Cecilia Bartoli, by Manuela Hoelterhoff, published in hardcover in 1998, is now available in paperback.

Manuela Hoelterhoff, who had received a Pulitzer Prize for cultural criticism at the...