Book Reviews
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Book ReviewsFilmish #2 by Edward Ross
Issue 2 of the occasional comics-as-film-criticism series Filmish is not only a great, entertaining read like the first one, but also a more refined product ... Read more »| 25 May 2010 -
Book ReviewsFilmish #1 by Edward Ross
This nifty little comic is something of a labour of love by writer/artist Edward Ross. It presents 3 lectures by him on film theory in graphic form, and in t... Read more »| 24 May 2010 -
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The Rough Guide to Sex
Don't be fooled by the title: The Rough Guide to Sex is not a guide to rough sex, nor is it a primer on how to sort of vaguely do it. This book tells you eve... Read more »| 11 May 2010 -
Book ReviewsThe Valkyrie Song
Thanks to the continuing popularity of crime/detective fiction, these days it must be difficult for up-and-coming authors to find some new twist that... Read more »| 07 May 2010 -
Book ReviewsVoluntary Madness by Norah Vincent
Norah Vincent's account of her year admitted by choice to mental institutions in America is carefully articulated, yet personal. She talks realistica... Read more »| 07 May 2010 -
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The Artist, The Philosopher and The Warrior by Paul Strathern
This is a story to rival most works of fiction. Cesare Borgia, with the backing of his father (the Pope!), is trying to dominate Italy and create a f... Read more »| 06 May 2010
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Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter by Russell T.Davies and Benjamin Cook.
Comprising two and a half years' worth of emails between Doctor Who’s outgoing head writer Russell T Davies and fan journalist Ben Cook, readers are gi... Read more »| 05 May 2010 -
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The Housekeeper + The Professor
If you can imagine Kazuo Ishiguro writing 50 First Dates, then you basically have The Housekeeper and The Professor by Yoko Ogawa. A single mother is... Read more »| 04 May 2010 -
Book ReviewsDown the Figure 7
It may be an increasingly overused cliché, but the past – even our own – can genuinely seem like a foreign country where people did things... Read more »| 04 May 2010 -
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Orphans of Eldorado by Milton Hatoum
Something about Miltoun Hatoum’s tale, set in the Amazon Basin, is unnerving and otherworldly. Somewhere in the vivid descriptions of the rich Amazonia... Read more »| 30 Apr 2010 -
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Would You Eat Your Cat? by Jeremy Stangroom
This book presents us with several ethical conundrums to get us to think about moral philosophy and how we see the world. The somewhat twee world of ... Read more »| 30 Apr 2010 -
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Country Driving
As a foreigner living in Beijing, Peter Hessler acquired a Chinese driver’s licence and began taking trips around the country. He used this opportunity... Read more »| 29 Apr 2010 -
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The Rage Against God by Peter Hitchens
Peter Hitchens was once an atheist, but is now a strong advocate of Christianity. Hitchens belongs to the Church of England, but one of its older branches, w... Read more »| 26 Apr 2010 -
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The Diary of Miss Idilia
The Diary of Miss Idilia is classified as a ‘Memoir’ and certainly the facts are there and provide the basis for a terrific story, but the superf... Read more »| 21 Apr 2010 -
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Googled: The End of the World As We Know It
Few companies or products gain such a strong public prominence in the world that their name becomes a verb. Those that do have invariably pushed thro... Read more »| 21 Apr 2010