Showing posts with label Chicago. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicago. Show all posts

Saturday, 8 February 2025

Chicago Crime

 I thought about it recently, somethign struck me checking my TBR list: I haven't read a single novel from crime writer Theresa Schwegel since 2008... In fact, I only read one novel of hers, her acclaimed debut novel Officer Down,which I had borrowed in the local library. Whatever happened to her? It seems I cannot find her novels anywhere here. It is a shame, because I really loved her first novel and I had been wanting to read more since. One of the things I loved about it is that it was set in Chicago, a city I don't know well, but which is a perfect setting for crme fiction, due to its history of violence. So I have a new reading objective (another one!): find more of her books.

Saturday, 30 July 2016

My bro in Chicago

My brother PJ is off for a few days in Chicago for a conference (I think). I don't know he will be doing touristic stuff much, but I envy him. In recent years, I guess many people consider Chicago the city of Barack Obama. For someone interested in the history of organized crime, it is also and especially infamous for having been the city of Al Capone. I have never been in the US, which is downright shameful as I used to live so close, but I have been wanting to visit Chicago more than any other American city. Back in 2009, my wife and I considered going there for our holidays, but we chose Vancouver instead. I think we took the right decision: she does not share my interest for true crime stories. So anyway, my brother is there, or will be at some point today, and I hope he will share many pictures.

Tuesday, 30 June 2015

Une pensée pour Chris Chelios

Mon frère PJ a partagé sur Facebook cet article où l'ancien directeur général du Canadien de Montréal Serge Savard dit regretter avoir échangé le défenseur Chris Chelios pour l'attaquant Denis Savard des Blackhawks de Chicago il y a 25 ans. Phrase lapidaire de mon petit frère sur Facebook: "Je ne lui ai toujours pas pardonné." Il faut dire que Chris Chelios était son joueur préféré à l'époque. Moi j'aimais beaucoup Chelios, mais c'était l'équipe au complet que j'aimais également, c'est un peu pour ça que ça ne m'avait pas mis en colère comme PJ. Je ne veux pas faire mon gérant d'estrade, encore moins mon sportif de salon, mais mon frère a raison d'être amer: échanger un excellent défenseur, peut-être le meilleur de sa génération, contre un vétéran dont les meilleures années étaient derrière lui, ce n'était pas l'idée du siècle. Enfin bref, le hockey occupe rarement mes pensées, cela dit il fut un temps où il j'étais obsédé par le hockey et c'était justement dans les années avant et après le fameux (ou le tristement célèbre) échange. Alors ce soir j'ai une pensée pour Chris Chelios.