I wish I had a dollar for every time I've heard, or read, someone say something like what the author of the March 6/2024 BBC article says of García Márquez, that he was "was best known for pioneering the magical realist style of writing." That all started with his first and, in the English-speaking world, … Continue reading Rescuing Fiction | Gabriel García Márquez – deceased in 2014 and now a new novel?
Who is Alan Conrad?
Alan Conrad is me, though Alan Conrad is not my original name. During my last years investigating accidents and personal injury claims, when I was about to publish The Birdcatcher, a book that reveals some of the dark side of the personal injury business, I had to use a pen name to keep a lower … Continue reading Who is Alan Conrad?
Rescuing Fiction |The 10 shyest novels of all time
Yes, these are the 10 shyest novels of all time - according to me. Since there were over 25,000 novels written in the 19th century alone, and I haven’t read more than 150 of them, along with, maybe, 500 from the 20th and 21st centuries, whose novels no one has tried to count as far … Continue reading Rescuing Fiction |The 10 shyest novels of all time
Alan Conrad 