Weekend Reading Assignments: Mobsters, Comic Books, Libertarians and More!

April 30, 2011 · Books, THE WEEKLY STANDARD, Blog

One of these days when Hollywood needs a break from the superhero genre, they're going to make comic book movies out of Greg Rucka's fantastic Queen & Country books. Based on a small British MI6 team of agents, Queen & Country might be the most realistic spy series done in the last 20 years: The…

Weekend Reading Assignments: War in North Africa, Antonin Scalia and More!

April 16, 2011 · THE WEEKLY STANDARD, Blog

Derek Robinson is an English novelist, specializing in wartime tales of British pilots. Goshawk Squadron, his 1971 debut, is the story of a Royal Flying Corps squadron on the Western Front in World War I. Often compared to Catch 22, it was short-listed for the Booker Prize that year, losing to V.S.…