The Third Policeman

So if you wonder why an obscure book published in 1999 suddenly has holds on it and is #300 in Amazon's sales rank, blame Lost.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5427906

Although Amazon does call it an "inspired bit of confusing and comic lunacy from the warped imagination and lovably demented pen of Flann O'Brien."

Rockin' Fiction

Grab On To Me Tightly As If I Knew the Way by Bryan Charles
A first novel from a native Michigander with a title taken from a Pavement song. He'll be appearing at the Kalamazoo Public Library next month.

In 1992 Kalamazoo, Michigan, teenager Vim Sweeney confronts the rapid approach of adulthood as he deals with the end of high school and his uncertain future, the repercussions of the first Gulf War, a long-absent biological father, Kurt Cobain, and local hero Derek Jeter, whom he is convinced is on a fast track to obscurity.

Twin-Lit

Three recent and forthcoming books happen to feature Siamese twins. PW calls it a "twin-lit revival" featuring "tales of literally inseparable characters!" If you're interested...

Ludmila's Broken English by DBC Pierre
Ludmila trudges out of the Caucasus in search of help for her starving family-and runs into Blair and Bunny, conjoined British twins who have just been separated. Only daring (and controversial) Booker Prize winner Pierre would risk a plot like this.



The Girls by Lori Lansens
Bookish Rose sets out to write her autobiography, which is complicated by her being conjoined to beautiful twin sister Ruby.





Half Life by Shelley Jackson
An unhappy conjoined twin, Nora will do anything to rid herself forever of her attached sister, Blanche, heading for London in search of a mysterious doctor who promises to eliminate Blanche, but when she arrives, her past begins to surface in enigmatic and disturbing ways.

One Book

It's time to start thinking about our next pick for One Book, One County! Send me suggestions!