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Reviewed by Alexandra MullenSamper Fidelis -- Gerald Samper has finally decided to his own self be true.
"These unlikely continental plot shelves start grinding together and a volcano starts rising from the teeming murk, spewing aperçus and absurdities with all the tender care of Mother Nature."

The critic and memoirist on the teaching power of fiction -- and the need for a bailout of the imagination.
"We really need to unite as readers, to find ways of defending ourselves, defending these great tools that we have been given, from libraries to bookstores to publications to museums."

The erotic intrigue in social mismatch.
"A lot of romances [present] a man who appears to be a filthy pirate, for example, but turns out to be a quite hygienic duke. But Rogan really is an unwashed, uncaring warrior."