KQED ARTS – Bombshell: A Novel Reviewed by Ingrid Rojas Contreras July 29th, 2013 “When hunting for a summer read, the obvious thing to look for is explosions. Explosions and something a little sexy, a little decadent, a little radical. Moving cars, motels, an impossible goal, down-and-out characters. James Reich’s Bombshell is all of …
THE RUMPUS: Bombshell, A Novel reviewed by Nick De Pascal July 15th, 2013 “Bombshell, James Reich’s second novel, is an incredibly dense, rich, and well-paced novel. Within its 259 pages the reader encounters Chernobyl, feminism, terrorism, rendition, Valerie Solanas, Jane Fonda, Hiroshima, the Trinity test site, and much more. In the hands …
“Reich’s novel is chock full of explosive ideas conveyed with radioactive prose. His heroine Varyushka Cash makes Lisbeth Salander look like a dimwitted Mary Poppins. This is dangerous fiction – handle with extreme caution.” —Isaac Adamson, Edgar Award Finalist, Complication “Bombshell is great stuff, and James Reich writes like a demon. He …