Book Reviews
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Book ReviewsThe Children's Book by A.S. Byatt
The Children’s Book begins in 1895, when a young runaway is discovered in vaults below the South Kensington Museum. Author Olive Wellwood, adop... Read more »| 07 Jan 2010 -
Book ReviewsThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Master and Margarita, once banned by the Soviets, is now regarded as a classic of Russian Literature. Its plot, concerning what happens when Sata... Read more »| 04 Jan 2010 -
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The Humbling by Philip Roth
This is an odd one. It’s a Philip Roth novella where the writing remains compelling though the plot fizzles out at an early stage. It’s n... Read more »| 18 Dec 2009 -
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Footnotes In Gaza by Joe Sacco
Joe Sacco’s graphic journalism manages to convey very, very complex situations with surprising ease. It isn’t simply the form, but the sh... Read more »| 16 Dec 2009 -
Book ReviewsDavid Eagleman in Conversation
The minutiae of life can be boxed down to a list of statistics; 30 years tucked up in bed, 200 days in the shower, five months reading dog-eared magazines on... Read more »| 15 Nov 2009 -
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Heads on Pillows by Joan Campbell
Given their significant role in Scotland’s hospitality sector – they were ‘traditional’ well before anyone realised just how ... Read more »| 08 Nov 2009
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The Country Diaries, edited by Alan Taylor
Alan Taylor’s earlier anthology (with Irene Taylor) The Assassin’s Cloak was a wide ranging anthology of great diary writing, with the en... Read more »| 02 Nov 2009 -
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Rock and Roll Tourist by Graham Forbes
The entertainment pedigree of booking a train ticket online can hardly compete with a stadium gig by U2. It's lucky, then, that the great strength of this se... Read more »| 30 Oct 2009 -
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Hunting Grounds: A Scottish Football Safari by Gary Sutherland
In this amusing tale, author Gary Sutherland chronicles his visits to all 42 home grounds of all of the teams in the Scottish Football League. The b... Read more »| 29 Oct 2009 -
Book ReviewsInvisible by Paul Auster
University is meant to be one of the best and most carefree times of your life. However Adam Walker, the protagonist of Paul Auster's fifteenth novel, is not... Read more »| 28 Oct 2009 -
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Warrior Daughter by Janet Paisley
If you had to categorise Warrior Daughter, it would definitely fall into the historical/fantasy/porno genre. Paisley’s latest novel is set in a... Read more »| 26 Oct 2009 -
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The Paris Review Interviews Vol 4
Literary journal The Paris Review interviews as many of the famous writers in the world as it can find, always about their creative processes as much as thei... Read more »| 23 Oct 2009 -
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Magazine: The Biography by Helen Chase
“Magazine were always a connoisseur's choice”, claims guitarist John McGeoch in this vigorous account of their short bittersweet career. As the l... Read more »| 20 Oct 2009 -
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A History of British Serial Killing by David Wilson
Anyone who expects the gruesome account of murders that this book’s title and blood-splattered cover jacket suggest is bound to be disappointed. David ... Read more »| 19 Oct 2009 -
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Grandville by Bryan Talbot
Bryan Talbot’s last graphic novel (if it should be called that) was the phenomenal Alice in Sunderland, a multi-layered exploration of the history of S... Read more »| 12 Oct 2009