Shelf Life - Then & Now
Apr 02, 2014 12:31PM ● By Style
by Sharon Penny
Books
THEN
Galveston – Nic Pizzolatto
If you’ve been avidly watching HBO’s new series True Detective, you may have noticed a definite literary quality to the story and dialogue. Creator Nic Pizzolatto, former teacher, is a successful novelist. If you want to dig into the mind of the genius behind True Detective, look no further than his debut novel Galveston. NOW
The Revenant of Thraxton Hall: The Paranormal Casebooks of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – Vaughn Entwistle
The Revenant of Thraxton Hall teams up Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with his good friend Oscar Wilde in this fun novel that’s part fantasy, part historical fiction. Doyle and Wilde are called by a medium to investigate a murder – her own, yet to occur, foreseen to be the third séance of her Society for Physical Research. Is the medium all she purports to be? It’s a Holmesian mystery with a lively Doyle/Wilde twist. Music
THEN 
Elton John – Live In Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Key backstory for this 1987 classic: 1) Elton was on the verge of a nervous breakdown and 2) throat polyps were causing him excruciating pain during the performances on this album – backstage he was coughing up blood.This was to be the last time he would sing as a tenor; the throat surgery immediately after the tour permanently lowered his register to a baritone. For all these reasons, this is an emotional album, and Elton does not hold back despite his mental and physical pain.