R M Koster
R.M. Koster was born in Brooklyn and has lived in Panama since 1957. He is the author of five novels and one work of contemporary history, and has had parallel careers as a university professor, reporter, and political activist. His shorter work has been published in the New Republic, Harper's, and Connoisseur, among others.
R.M. Koster was born in Brooklyn and has lived in Panama since 1957. He is the author of five novels and one work of contemporary history, and has had parallel careers as a university professor, reporter, and political activist. His shorter work has been published in the New Republic, Harper's, and Connoisseur, among others. See less
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R M Koster book reviews
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Glass Mountain
Walk a mile with Carlos Fuertes
With 'Glass Mountain,' novelist R. M. Koster proves once again that he's got the right stuff. This quote from pp. 269-70:
"I took the shears from the chair with my left hand. With my right I ... Read More
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Mandragon
Mandragon disappoints
'Mandragon' is the third novel in Koster's 'Tineablas Trilogy.' It is vividly imagined but not so well executed as the first two.
If 'The Dissertation' and 'The Prince' were 'magical realism' (I ... Read More
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The dissertation : a novel
RM Koster great unheralded American novelist
by DexQuire, Aug 16, 2007
I was browsing the fiction stacks at the downtown Seattle Public library a few years back and I saw a dark brown book jacket with the off-putting title, "The Dissertation." I thought what kind of ... Read More
