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It was eight o'clock when I stepped out onto the street. Eight o'clock on the morning of September 11th, 2001. Just forty-six minutes before the first plane crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Just two hours after that the smoke of 3000 incinerated bodies would drift over...

The time/place element is essential for me. It is the reason why I read. It's the reason why I travel. And it's the reason why I read while traveling. I grew up in and around NYC, which has an endless bibliography, but my favorite city mood pieces are Cheever's short stories (c. 50-60s). His...

I thought the parallels between the life/work scenarios of the women and the nature of the crime were fascinating--they are all uniquely suited to the act in ways they could not have imagined. They work off-schedule in a factory requiring regimented tasks in which they need to be efficient...

don't feel left out, i was told that's called a "Cincinnati Accent" in the radio/broadcast biz. meaning, you have no specific regional/ethnic twang. i always think of the pilot announcements in an airplane--very straightforward and believable.

da bronks axent? fugetaboutit! just watch Scorsese's Raging Bull--it's perfection.

i would agree with beer good: go with the Fortress of Solitude. Unless of course you don't care for books about race in Brooklyn in the 1970s. i just finished it and really enjoyed the time/place emphasis.