Book Reviews
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Diamond Dove, by Adrian Hyland
Hyland's story, while hugely entertaining, also deals with serious issues that face rural Australia today Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Reporting, by David Remnick
Double-filtered excellence Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Sharp Teeth, by Toby Barlow
A very unique book: an epic poem about werewolves in modern-day Los Angeles Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Wait Until Spring, Bandini, by John Fante
Fante deserves a much wider audience, however belated Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
Book ReviewsAya de Yopougon, by Marguerite Abouet, illustrated by Clément Oubrerie
Abouet and Oubrerie revive an utterly enchanting world Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Dreams From My Father, by Barack Obama
Obama's prose style is much like that of his engaging speeches Read more »| 08 Sep 2007
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Agamemnon's Daughter by Ismail Kadare.
There are parallels with societies the world over Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Caledonia's Last Stand by Nat Edwards
This expedition was so monumentally ambitious that its failure bankrupted Scotland. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Donkey Punch by Ray Banks
his hardboiled writing style has become more poised and confident. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Exit Wounds - Rutu Modan
Mysteries are not entirely solved, the plot is not predictable, and more than one unlikely romance emerges. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Dear Laura: Letters from a Mother to her Daughter
Incites powerful emotions of pain and freedom Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Hollywood by Charles Bukowski
Bukowski combines the clash of creative processes and a business-orientated world with a seedy portrait of 1980s Los Angeles. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows
Kids will love this, adults will pretend they don't but will anyway. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Lilian's Story by Kate Grenville
Lilian's Story was Grenville's first novel, recently reissued. Read more »| 09 Aug 2007 -
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Saturday's Child by Ray Banks
A Northern England of incest, alcoholism, drug abuse and casual violence Read more »| 09 Aug 2007