There was me at my table in Bucci’s, new Italian on Lexington up near the Chrysler Building, been there about a year and I liked […]
Non-Fiction
“Love and Mayhem”, from Chapter 3
The bus he gets on is packed. He scans the bottom deck for an empty seat, then goes upstairs. As he reaches the top, he […]
“Gorilla Guerrilla”, from Chapter 24
The rain tumbles down; it does not relent. The forest is hazy, saturated, obscured by the downpour, and during those brief periods when the rain […]
“Gorilla Guerrilla”, from Chapter 1
The sound of a voice wakes me. I am still tired, it is black outside, it must be the middle of the night. I am […]
“Love and Mayhem”, Chapter 34
The last few days, Catherine has felt like she is flying: she is happy all the time. And she feels like this now as she […]
“The Distinguished Assassin”, First Extract
1st April ‘49 First, they frisk him down, then they start to go through his apartment, this shoddy home of Aleksei Nikolayevich Klebnikov, with its […]
“Gorilla Guerrilla”, a review by M. Hewitt
“I read, and liked, Nick Taussig’s first novel, Love and Mayhem, but somehow missed Don Don, so I’m glad I came across his third book, […]
“Gorilla Guerrilla”, a review by N. Phillips
“I thoroughly enjoyed this beautifully written novel. Based on the true story of a child soldier, Kibwe, Taussig powerfully sets the nightmare brutality of civil […]
“Gorilla Guerrilla”, a review by Nicholas J. Green
“In this book Nick Taussig evidences his intelligence, humility and humanity by juxtaposing the lives of two higher primates – one of which writes books. […]
“Gorilla Guerrilla”, a review by S. Modi
“Gorilla Guerrilla has to be Nick’s best yet. This author truly makes the reader feel for the characters and events that follow.” Mr. S. Modi