Colm Tóibín: The Testament of Mary
The latest addition to my website is Colm Tóibín's The Testament of Mary. I have generally not enjoyed Tóibín's work and this was no exception. Indeed, I only read it…
The latest addition to my website is Colm Tóibín's The Testament of Mary. I have generally not enjoyed Tóibín's work and this was no exception. Indeed, I only read it…
The latest addition to my website is NoViolet Bulawayo's We Need New Names. Narrated by a ten-year old girl, Darling, in Zimbabwe, this novel recounts, on the one hand, the…
The latest additions to my website are the two novels by Jhumpa Lahiri. The first is The Namesake, a novel which has deservedly received much acclaim and has been made…
The latest addition to my website is Clemens Meyer's Im Stein [In Stone]. This book has been much discussed in Germany for its controversial depiction of a fictitious East German…
Following on from my post on Monday, the Man Booker Prize now confirms that the Prize is open to all writers writing in English, as expected. However, it now seems…
The latest additions to my website are two books by Ruth Ozeki. The first is My Year of Meats, a very witty and somewhat polemic attack on various things -…
I have been following with interest this weekend the furore over the rumour that the Man Booker will open its eligibility to all novels originally written in English published in…
The latest addition to my website is Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries. It is on this year's Man Booker longlist. Despite weighing in at 830 pages, it is not the longest…
The latest addition to my website is Colum McCann's TransAtlantic. This novel was longlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize. The novel is in two parts. The first part tells…
They have announced the Man Booker long list for 2013. Every year, I vow that I shall keep away from it and every year I succumb. I have only read…