FACTS are stranger than HISTORICAL FICTION

THE WEATHER REPORT FROM HERE AND THERE . Dry weather going through Texas (no surprise there). Wet in L.A., but at least no mudslides....

#AMREADING MAGDA SZABO’S KATALIN STREET. Image from 3bp.blogspot The novel follows the lives of three families in Budapest through ...

A VICTIM OF HIS TIME? #SCHUSCHNIGG LETTERS CONT. The Gestapo kept Kurt Schuschnigg in solitary confinement except for weekly visits b...

#AMREADING THE LETTERS OF VERA AND KURT #SCHUSCHNIGG. After Kurt Schuschnigg resigned as chancellor of Austria, he was arrested on 1...

# AMREADING HARUKI MURAKAMI, WIND/PINBALL Two short novels Murakami wrote them in the 70s. His mode of operation: When I got home lat...