Mike Sullivan is a freelance writer with a passion for great literature. He holds a degree from UNC-Chapel Hill.
Favorite Authors:
John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Flannery O'Connor, C.S. Lewis, Cormac McCarthy, Tobias Wolff, Charles Frazier, David Gregory Roberts, Yann Martel
Desert Island Books*:
The Holy Bible, The Chronicles of Narnia (exists in one paperback -- a bit of a cheat due to current publications) by C.S. Lewis, Shantaram by David Gregory Roberts, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The Border Trilogy (exists in one paperback -- All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain) by Cormac McCarthy
Other Interests:
My family, cinema, basketball, photography, LOST, 24, rock music (Wilco, Roman Candle, Ryan Adams, Switchfoot, Pearl Jam, etc.)
Reviews by Mike:
- A Most Wanted Man by John Le Carre
- The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta
- The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
- Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
- Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
- Drood by Dan Simmons
- Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
- The Given Day by Dennis Lehane
- The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkway
- Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
- Lisey's Story by Stephen King
- Lush Life by Richard Price
- Man in the Dark by Paul Auster
- The Mission Song by John Le Carre
- Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician by Daniel Wallace
- Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen
- Next by Michael Crichton
- Nobody Move by Denis Johnson
- Our Story Begins by Tobias Wolff
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman
- That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo
- Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
- The Wild Things by Dave Eggers
- The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
