May 30, 2008 “My Liar” by Rachel Cline Reviewed by Mark LindquistSpecial to The Seattle Times Hollywood novels have a natural allure. Rachel Cline, a screenwriter and author of a previous novel, “What to Keep,” uses the Tinseltown setting to good advantage in her new work, “My Liar.” An unassertive Read more…
Sunday, July 19, 1992 “Rich Kids” by Robert Westbrooke Reviewed by Mark Lindquist Los Angeles Times Book Review You will probably not be shocked to learn that the children of rich movie-industry parents are likely to grow up spoiled, unhappy and mentally unhealthy. Robert Westbrook brings personal experience to the Read more…
Sunday, February 13, 1994 “Pool” by Ajay Sahgal Reviewed by Mark Lindquist Los Angeles Times Book Review, Front Page “Pool” is one of the most authentic Los Angeles novels you are likely to read and the beauty of it is that not a single moment is set in L.A. Emery Read more…
July 4, 1999 Wormwood” by David Levien Reviewed by Mark LindquistSpecial to The Seattle Times This first novel was apparently written in the early to mid-nineties, but not published. Levien went on to co-write the screenplay for “Rounders,” a Miramax Pictures release starring Matt Damon, which was a hit. Now Read more…
Entertainment & the Arts: Sunday, December 28, 2003 “Still Holding” by Bruce Wagner Reviewed by Mark LindquistSpecial to The Seattle Times How much hypocrisy, insanity, neediness, dysfunction and delusion can an author stuff into a novel of just under 300 pages? If the author is Bruce Wagner and the subject Read more…
Entertainment & Arts: Friday, February 16, 2007 “Ten Days in the Hills” by Jane Smiley Reviewed by Mark Lindquist Special to The Seattle Times Hollywood has bedeviled novelists since its inception. Jane Smiley, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, is yet another example. Smiley’s strengths are many, she is smart, insightful, observant, Read more…
New Novel King of Methlehem Never Mind Nirvana Carnival Desires Sad Movies New Novel King of Methlehem Never Mind Nirvana Carnival Desires Sad Movies Sad Movies Purchase the book: Amazon Sad Movies “It’s a book that reads like a movie and demands to be read in one sitting; you get Read more…
New Novel King of Methlehem Never Mind Nirvana Carnival Desires Sad Movies New Novel King of Methlehem Never Mind Nirvana Carnival Desires Sad Movies Carnival Desires Purchase the book: Amazon Carnival Desires Published by Atlantic Monthly Press in 1990, Carnival Desires is now available on Kindle at Amazon. “Carnival Desires follows Read more…
New Novel King of Methlehem Never Mind Nirvana Carnival Desires Sad Movies New Novel King of Methlehem Never Mind Nirvana Carnival Desires Sad Movies Books Mark Lindquist is the author of four novels, The King of Methlehem, published by Simon & Schuster in 2007, Never Mind Nirvana, published by Random Read more…