Jonathan Lethem

The Feral Detective by Jonathan Lethem

Review: The Feral Detective by Jonathan Lethem

By Gabino Iglesias

November 13, 2018

The Feral Detective by Jonathan Lethem is a new-age Noir rooted deep in today’s tumultuous landscape.  Jonathan Lethem’s The Feral Detective is one of the best deconstructions of detective noir narratives published in the last decade. Smart, weird, unique, and told from the perspective of the woman who asks for help with a case, this novel…

Backgammon: “The Cruelest Game” in Film and Literature

By David Cranmer

April 26, 2017

Renowned gamesman Barclay Cooke (1912-1981) called backgammon “the cruelest game.” Memorable hyperbole? Perhaps. But vital skills are needed to play: intense concentration, clever strategy, and an ability to see ahead to possible traps—and still the probability of the roll can level the steel nerves of even the finest. That brutal unpredictability translates well to the…