Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Our Game (a term similar to the Great Game) is a novel by British writer John le Carré, published in 1995. The title refers to Winchester College football ; the two main characters were pupils at Winchester College long before the setting of the novel.
Gerald's Game is a 1992 suspense novel by American writer Stephen King. [1] The story is about a woman whose husband dies of a heart attack while she is handcuffed to a bed, and, following the subsequent realization that she is trapped with little hope of rescue, begins to let the voices inside her head take over.
Wringer was praised by critics for its ability to address deep issues for middle schoolers, as did its precursor, Maniac Magee.In a School Library Journal review of Wringer, Tim Rausch cited the novel for "Humor, suspense, a bird with a personality, and a moral dilemma familiar to everyone," characters who are "memorable, convincing, and both endearing and villainous," and a "riveting plot."
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Publishers Weekly gave the novel a rave review, calling it a "audacious and skillful" and comparing it to Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice. [ 6 ] Boyd Tonkin , writing for the Financial Times , largely praised the novel and saying it "pulses along with a zest and cunning not commonly found among octogenarian Nobel laureates" as well as calling it ...
Ready Player One is a 2011 science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American author Ernest Cline.The story, set in a dystopia in 2045, follows protagonist Wade Watts on his search for an Easter egg in a worldwide virtual reality game, the discovery of which would lead him to inherit the game creator's fortune and the game itself.
Just because The Neighborhood has enjoyed a six-week slumber doesn’t mean Calvin and Tina, and Dave and Gemma, are well-rested. TVLine’s exclusive sneak peek from the CBS sitcom’s two-part ...
Simon believes Sterling was expecting a neighborhood story but he knew that "the corner" also had connotations for Baltimore's open-air drug markets. [2] He took a second leave of absence from the Baltimore Sun in 1993 to research the project. [3] [4] The authors eventually spent three years working with the people of the neighborhood. [3]