Archive for the 'Book Reviews' Category

Set in India, this bestselling novel about spirituality and families makes for rapt reading. My reviews appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle and Persimmon. The Persimmon review appears here.

I reviewed this gripping Japanese mystery novel for the San Francisco Chronicle.

This is my all-time favorite book, about a man’s travels through an undeveloped part of Japan. I was delighted to review this work for the Hyde Park Review of Books.

This is a terrific collection by an outstanding, prolific writer. My reviews appeared in Persimmon, Rain Taxi Review of Books, and the East Bay Express. The Persimmon review appears here.

A Chinook from the Pacific Northwest enters Japan illegally in 1848. Find out more in my review for the San Francisco Chronicle.

I reviewed this short-story collection for the San Francisco Chronicle.