Thea Astley: An Item from the Late News
The latest addition to my website is Thea Astley's An Item from the Late News. This is another first-class novel from Astley on the theme of the different outsider arriving…
The latest addition to my website is Thea Astley's An Item from the Late News. This is another first-class novel from Astley on the theme of the different outsider arriving…
The latest addition to my website is Azza Filali's Les intranquilles [Uncertain Times]. While not a great novel by any means, it is certainly a fascinating portrait of Tunisia after…
What is the best-selling novel of all time? According to this article in the TLS, till recently, Wikipedia said it was A Tale of Two Cities. As the article states,…
The latest addition to my website is Azza Filali's Outann [Outann]. This is a Tunisian novel set shortly before the Tunisian Revolution and showing a country ripe for change. Virtually…
The latest addition to my website is Espido Freire's Melocotones helados [Frozen Peaches]. This is a complex multi-generational novel which won the Premio Planeta in 1999. The first generation focuses…
The latest addition to my website is C E Morgan's The Sport of Kings. This novel has already received lots of rave reviews, generally deservedly so. It is a first-class…
The latest addition to my website is James Salter's All That Is. This novel was published shortly before his death but thirty-four years after his last novel. The main character…
The latest addition to my website is Antal Szerb's Utas és holdvilág (Journey by Moonlight). This is a wonderfully written book about a man, Mihály, who struggles to cope with…
The latest addition to my website is Han Kang's 채식주의자 (The Vegetarian). This book won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize. It is a disturbing but superbly written novel. Yeong-hye,…
The latest addition to my website is Paola Capriolo's Il doppio regno (The Dual Realm). This is another strange novel from Capriolo. It is a diary written by an Italian…