This summer is starting off great, lots of books to read and authors to meet. And tonight is no exception because if theological thrillers are your bag, then be sure to attend Piers Paul Read's book signing at the Barnes and Noble on 4045 S. College Ave. May 21 at 7 p.m. (tonight).
Read, a British author, is on his ninth day of his 24-day promotional tour his new fictional book, "The Death of a Pope," another theological thriller, which seems to be gaining more popularity than ever.
In the wake of Dan Brown's success with "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels and Demons," Read picks up the pieces of the Catholic Church and is gaining praise and popularity for it.
Thomas Peters, a Catholic theology blogger, instructs readers to stop reading "Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown and opt instead for Read's new novel because Peters says, "it is possible to write compelling fiction about the Church without attacking her at every turn."
And according to reviewer Mike Potemra, "Read's style is several notches above Brown's."
Read, a Somerset Maugham Award winner, has been writing nonfiction, fiction and plays since 1966. While his fiction is comprised of theological thrillers, his nonfiction meanders from stories about the Andes survivors, Chernobyl, the Crusades and even actors.
But to Read, his novels are always about Catholicism even if he does not intend them to be.
If theological thrillers are not your bag, then curl up with Jhumpa Lahiri's latest collection of short stories "Unaccustomed Earth" because I will dive into this novel on Saturday to see if Lahiri's writing has evolved post-Pulitzer.
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Good to find another book blog; I enjoyed your posts. If I may say, it would be more worthy of reviewing comment if the writing standard of Piers Paul Read were not 'several notches above that of Dan Brown'. I don't think we read Dan Brown for his literary style - at least I don't. And as for Thomas Peters, maybe he could be suggesting we read Read as well as Brown, rather than instead of... Hope you enjoyed your book group this evening (and sorry if this comes over as a bit anti; I do like your blog.)
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments, jupiter, I'm so glad you enjoyed the blog thus far! I do agree with you about Dan Brown -- he is, for me, more of a guilty pleasure than anything else.
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