Simon Mawer

The Gospel of Judas: A Novel (2002)

If there were an option for 3.5 stars, I would use it for this book.It was a very well-written story woven through multiple levels of time and character development. The theme of betrayal was returned to again and again, in ways that seemed simultaneously inevitable but also deeply unexpected. ...

Mendel's Dwarf (1999)

Wonderful. Learn about genetics while getting to know a cranky, intelligent, funny little man - Dr. Benedict Lambert. Lambert is a dwarf. He is also a geneticist, and much of his drive in this field is to find out just what makes a dwarf. About 90% of "little people" are accidents. They come from...

Swimming to Ithaca. Simon Mawer (2007)