Book Review: Eiffel Tower backdrop for complex whodunnit
- 11/15/2008 09:46 PM CST
The Paris Enigma is a whodunit that provokes thought as well as entertainment on subjects from waterproof shoeshine cream to ancient Greek physics.
The Paris Enigma is a whodunit that provokes thought as well as entertainment on subjects from waterproof shoeshine cream to ancient Greek physics.
COMMON GROUNDS BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich will be discussed. 1 p.m. Nov. 19, YWCA Corner Coffee Cafe, 1017 N. Sixth, Kansas City, Kansas. www.ywca.org/kansascity (913-551-3280)
Those were days of consensual green spirits, long, airy walks, wistful neighbors, whirling windmills that sang to you.
1. The Gate House, by Nelson DeMille (Grand Central; $27.99). In a sequel to “The Gold Coast” (1990), a tax attorney and his ex-wife explore reconciliation.
Pow! Biff! Bam! Translation: Hotshot book designer Chip Kidd will discuss The Secret History of Batman in Japan at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Kansas City Public Library’s Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.