Sleepless   Charlie Huston
Novel about a prion-caused plague that makes people sleepless as they die from it. Another absolutely wonderful novel from Charlie Huston; profoundly imaginative, perfectly executed narrative in light, even beautiful, prose, compelling characters, and, in the end, deeply moving. Loved it.

A Drink before the War    Dennis Lehane
The first of the Kenzie and Gennaro books from 1994 this mystery tells the story of racial and gang warfare in Boston. Gritty and pretty well written, but the themes seemed dated and a little overwrought. Not bad though. May read the next in the series.

A Moveable Feast   Ernest Hemingway
Once again, I loved Hemingway’s exquisite prose descriptions of his time in Paris in the 1920s. Especially liked “False Spring” and “There is Never Any End to Paris.” Maybe my favorite of his books though it was published posthumously.