Benjamin Markovits: Childish Loves
The latest addition to my website is Benjamin Markovits' Childish Loves, his third novel about Lord Byron. Unlike his previous two, this one mixes in (semi-)autobiographical details with Byron's story,…
Steven Hall: The Raw Shark Texts
The latest addition to my website is Steven Hall's The Raw Shark Texts. I found it a rather contrived novel that did not really work for me. It tells the…
Laos and Cambodia
We have just returned from a holiday in Laos and Cambodia, finally seeing Angkor Wat. I have two novels from Cambodia on my site and two from Laos and, though…