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New Relax & Read Books
July 28, 2006
When it's too hot to move, settle down in front of the ac with a good book. Here are a few new titles on the Relax & Read shelf.
Non-Fiction
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans & The Mississippi Gulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley
Bestselling author Brinkley, a New Orleans resident & professor at Tulane, relates the story of Katrina from every point of view. Throughout the book the survivors tell their own stores while Brinkley investigates the failure of government, the ulterior motives, and the devastation that left a lasting imprint on the lives and land.
Madison Walks by Harriet Brown & Jamie Young
Maps and history and detailed descriptions can accompany you while you try out one or all of the 18 scenic walks around the city included in this guide.
Fiction
Everyman by Philip Roth
Roth's 27th novel is the universal story of loss and regret with an emphasis on the human body. This story travels 70 years of a man's life, exposing his children's contempt and love, his loneliness in acquiring three ex-wives, his envy of a healthier brother and his eventual appointment with death.
Bad Twin by Gary Troup
The irony of this book is that it is the fictional account of one brother trying to locate his missing twin who has vanished. The novel itself was delivered to the publisher in September 2004, just days before Troup boarded Oceanic Flight 815 which was lost somewhere over the Pacific. Troup and his fellow travelers remain missing.
Graphic Novel
The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar
Sfar is one of France's most celebrated young comic artists and here she turns her talent to a unique story of a rabbi, his daughter and their cat. When the cat eats the parrot he gains the ability to speak and begins to tell lies, the first of which is that he didn't eat the parrot.
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