Connections and Entanglements in “Runner” – Chicago Review of Books

Connections and Entanglements in “Runner” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] In Runner, Tracy Clark’s newest crime novel, Chicago is built on networks: the safety nets that catch the vulnerable as they fall—foster home placements, a night bus full of snacks and blankets—but also the webs spun to catch those who slip through when the first nets fail. Runner is the fourth in Clark’s series … Read more

Missed Connections in “Dostoevsky in Love” – Chicago Review of Books

Missed Connections in “Dostoevsky in Love” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Across his fiction, journalism, and letters, Fyodor Dostoevsky spoke in many voices. He spoke as a radical who would face mock execution and years in prison for plotting against the tsar. He spoke as a Russian Orthodox believer excoriating liberal society for its smallness and lack of faith. He spoke as a prophet carrying … Read more