P.F. Kluge

Gone Tomorrow (2008)

When I picked up Gone Tomorrow, I was expecting a sensitive novel about failed ambitions. The cover flap promised a sort of mid-western "Good-bye Mr. Chips," a gentle and poignant reminder of one teacher's legacy. I was not prepared for the scathing wit of Kluge's novel, nor its depth.George Cana...

Biggest Elvis (1997)

This is a book I wouldn't have picked up on my own. It's going on twenty years old, it's by an author I hadn't read, and the whole idea of reading more stuff about Elvis (or worse, the phenomenon of Elvis impersonators) would've initially felt like a waste of time. But my brother talked to me abo...

Final Exam (2005)

Eddie and the Cruisers (1999)

Eddie and The Cruisers, the movie has been on TV recently and it’s a movie I usually watch, and I decided I wanted to read the book to see how it compares to the movie. Did the screenwriters just adapt what was in the book? Or was the book a starting point for them? And, of course, it adds to the...