Book Reviews
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Book ReviewsHave You Seen...?
David Thomson's Biographical Dictionary of Film is pretty essential for any serious film buff. Yet this is the first time that Thomson has produced the obvio... Read more »| 22 Oct 2008 -
Book ReviewsSpider by Linda Strachan
Spider follows three characters, Andy, Deanna, and of course Spider, with sections told by each. They're teenagers, who go joyriding, and the book is about t... Read more »| 22 Oct 2008 -
Book ReviewsIndignation by Philip Roth
Philip Roth’s latest book seems to return to themes in his first, Goodbye Columbus. Columbus dealt with the problems society’s restrictions cause... Read more »| 07 Oct 2008 -
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Homicide: A Year on The Killing Streets
Wire fans, this is where it all began. David Simon, who (if you don’t know) is the creator of The Wire, was once a journalist for the Baltimore Sun. He... Read more »| 07 Oct 2008 -
Book ReviewsThe Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
The Gargoyle is a contemporary gothic love story, made like a mosaic from pieces of fairytales and love stories from the ages. An epic debut by Andrew Davids... Read more »| 30 Sep 2008 -
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Ansel Adams: Landscapes of the American West
Ansel Adams was a legendary photographer. He mainly shot landscapes, specifically large-scale American landscapes, and his photographs are often breathtaking... Read more »| 29 Sep 2008
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Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore: So Many Ways to Sleep Badly
Hot on the heels of an expanded second edition of That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is back on the scene with a new novel. Alma Cork joins the dots. Read more »| 26 Sep 2008 -
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A Good and Happy Child by Justin Evans
Evans seems to have written this with a film treatment already in mind Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
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After Dark by Haruki Murakami
He can take you to a library of unicorn skulls and it'll seem like the most natural thing in the world. Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
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The Redemption of Alexander Seaton by Shona MacLean
MacLean writes with a historian’s eye for detail Read more »| 07 Aug 2008 -
Book ReviewsSt. Lucy's Home For Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell
Two young boys set sail in the exoskeleton of a giant crab Read more »| 06 Aug 2008 -
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Elephantina by Andrew Drummond
Elephantina is a cross between a historical novel and a comic one. Drummond invents the journals of one Gilbert Orum, assistant to the very real Dr Patrick B... Read more »| 17 Jul 2008 -
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More About The Song by Rachel Fox
Frequently clever, and frequently amusing Read more »| 09 Jul 2008 -
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A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif
A Case of Exploding Mangoes is a ‘factional’ story based around the mysterious 1988 crash of a Hercules, which carried General Zia, Pakistani dic... Read more »| 22 May 2008 -
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Freddie and Me by Mike Dawson
Everybody knows it’s not cool to be a Queen fan. Mike Dawson knows this, and he’s written a whole book about it. Specifically, an autobiographica... Read more »| 22 May 2008