Infinite Books

A blog about my adventures in reading…

Book reviews

  • The Magician, by Colm Tóibín

    I decided to read it when I learned that “The Magician” by Colm Tóibín was included in the New York Times Critics Top Books of 2021. In my youth, I was greatly influenced by “The Magic Mountain“  by Thomas Mann. Now I don’t even know why it happened, but at the time it was a

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  • Dispatches from the Gilded Age, by Julia Reed

    Dispatches from the Gilded Age by Julia Reed is a collection of 33 essays divided by subject into seven parts. It’s a good read, especially when you don’t have the energy for literature that requires concentration. The essay which made a lasting impression on me was the one on Helen Prejean, an eighty-two-year-old nun from Baton

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  • The Last Days of Roger Federer, by Geoff Dyer

    We, mortals, are fascinated by the events defined as “the last”. This fascination is reflected even in the titles of our films, paintings, and books such as The Last Supper, Last Tango in Paris, or The Last of the Mohicans. The newest book by Geoff Dyer The Last Days of Roger Federer is very much in the vein of our interest.

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