Tag Archives: novel

Big Giant Floating Head

Posted on June 28, 2019 by

Big Giant Floating Head (Melville House, June, 2019) by BC Associate Professor of the Practice of English Christopher Boucher is described by the publisher as a “daring, dazzling account of a man’s struggle with love, loss and redemption.” After his … Continue reading →

Posted in Boston College Authors | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Danger in Boston

Posted on May 30, 2019 by

A biological weapon is accidentally unleashed upon an unsuspecting Boston populace in a new thriller by Phil Temples, a systems administrator in the Computer Science Department at BC. In The Allston Variant (Moonshine Cove Publishing, 2019), scientist Carrie Bloomfield is … Continue reading →

Posted in Boston College Authors | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Hollywood is calling

Posted on April 16, 2019 by

Boston College alumna Juliette Fay transports readers back to 1920s Hollywood in her new historical novel, City of Flickering Light (Simon & Schuster, 2019). City of Flickering Light tells the story of Irene Van Beck, Millie Martin, and Henry Weiss, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alumni Authors | Tagged , | Leave a comment

The Dead

Posted on April 8, 2019 by

The BC German Studies Program will present a reading from The Dead by Swiss author Christian Kracht on April 10 at 5:30 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 101. The reading will be followed by a conversation with his translator Assistant … Continue reading →

Posted in Boston College Authors, Guest Authors | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Wolves of Eden

Posted on April 3, 2019 by

Author Kevin McCarthy, a Boston College alumnus, will read from his latest work, Wolves of Eden (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018), on Apr. 9 at 5:30 p.m. in Higgins Hall, room 310. Wolves of Eden is a historical fiction novel … Continue reading →

Posted in Alumni Authors | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Before and Again

Posted on March 14, 2019 by

Before and Again (St. Martin’s Press, 2018), the newest novel from best-selling author and Boston College alumna Barbara Delinsky, begins with a horrifying moment. While driving on an unfamiliar road, Mackenzie Cooper misses a stop sign. The resulting car accident … Continue reading →

Posted in Alumni Authors | Tagged | Leave a comment

Going haywire

Posted on March 5, 2019 by

Jerry Haywire is a new book by Boston College alumnus Ryan Morgan (writing under the pen name Forrester C. Fox). Jerry Haywire tells the story of sports agent Maddox Malone whose greed and fast-paced career eventually catch up with him. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alumni Authors | Tagged | Leave a comment