Under Tiberius

In my estimation, Tosches has been treading water since the publication of_In the Hand of Dante_ in 2002. _Save the Last Dance for Satan_ published in 2011 was a rollicking, fun look at the relationship between organized crime and the business of early 60s rock & roll; _King of the Jews_, his somewh......more

After reading "Dino" and "Where Dead Voices Gather," I'd probably be up for reading pretty much anything Nick Toches wrote, up to and including his grocery list (which I'm sure he'd manage to make interesting). While the subject matter of this story didn't much appeal to me (it's about the life of C......more

I really have little tolerance for haters. I'm cool with disagreement, but when a person reaches the point of throwing vehement rage at the object of their disdain, I tune out or turn off. It's counterproductive and it usually makes the hater look like a complete idiot. Enter the many books which cri......more

I had never read Nick Tosches before, and the concept of this book, combined with all this (forgive the pun) rapturous "last literary outlaw" talk, had me primed for a gleefully blasphemous, angry novel. The concept of this novel is simple: Tosches, on a trip to the Vatican, stumbles across an ancie......more

This book, like many in the Tosches ouevre, is guaranteed to challenge and offend. Doctrinaire Christians will dismiss it out of hand. Open-minded Christian intellects will admire the blasphemy, and be instructed by its ruminations about the origins of religious faith. I've always found Tosches to b......more