Convention – Reads A Lot

Killing Convention in “My Murder” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsJune 15, 2023 by Erika Dirk

[ad_1] Murder mysteries usually include a few key characters: there’s a victim, a killer, and someone who solves the whodunnit. As the novel progresses, the reader works alongside the detective or amateur sleuth to identify the circumstances of the death, the identity of the killer, the motive, and the details of how everything went down. … Read more

Metafiction and Convention in “The Women I Love” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsDecember 7, 2021 by D. W. White

[ad_1] Van Gogh’s self-portraits are among his most famous and beloved works; presidential autobiographies fly off the shelves when they inexorably appear a year out of office. For the novelist, however, no such allowances are made. A common refrain from that amorphous, ominous entity public opinion seems to be that novelists are far too interested … Read more