Thomas F. (hardtack) - , reviewed on 9/18/2023 + 2849 more book reviews

Howard Fast is a great novelist. While critics praise his novel on Thomas Paine as his best, my favorite is his "April Morning," a novel of a young man who---while standing on the green at Concord and facing British regulars---was a part of the beginning of the American Revolution. Every young American should read it.

But writing as E.V. Cunningham proves he is also a great mystery novelist. His Masco Masuto novels have complicated plots dealt with by a Nisei, Beverly Hills detective who comes across as a real person. While this is a series, I don't think you have to read them in order---I didn't---to appreciate them. I

Back to all reviews by this member
Back to Book Reviews
Back to Book Details