The Tender Bar

The Tender Bar

Rating:  The Tender Bar: A Memoir, by J.R. Moehringer.  Hyperion (2005), 370 pages. Moehringer has proven, in The Tender Bar, that he is that most uncommon of authors—a male memoirist with both full access to his feelings and the ability to write about them....
Firmin

Firmin

Rating:  Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife, by Sam Savage.  Coffee House Press (2006), 148 pages. This little novella is light on plot, but the writing is so lovely a storyline hardly matters.  It’s hard to believe this is Savage’s...