Archive for the ‘Satire’ Category
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Staggering Hubris by Josh Berry – review
08 Jul 2022STAGGERING HUBRIS You’re a staggeringly brilliant spad (special adviser) working in Downing Street in the early days of a new…
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Liam Glass #1 bestseller in Amazon mass media
26 Nov 2021LIAM GLASS #1 BESTSELLER A quick one today, to celebrate my award-shortlisted satire The Breaking of Liam Glass reaching the…
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Special early Black Friday book offers
18 Nov 2021SPECIAL EARLY BLACK FRIDAY BOOK OFFERS I’m off to the Brechin & Angus Book Festival next week and to honour…
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Reading and writing satire: Mightier than the sword?
24 Oct 2021READING AND WRITING SATIRE Satire is having a big moment. We have satirical novels winning the Mann Booker Prize, satirical…
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Read Catch-22 for free
20 May 2021READ CATCH-22 FOR FREE We know that the Internet thrives on free information. As the saying goes, “Information wants to…
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Win a personally signed hardback copy of The Breaking of Liam Glass
18 Nov 2020COMPETITION: THE BREAKING OF LIAM GLASS To celebrate the launch of the second edition of my 5* darkly humorous thriller…
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Fight club: Review of Lionel Shriver’s The Motion of the Body Through Space
11 Nov 2020LIONEL SHRIVER’S THE MOTION OF THE BODY THROUGH SPACE Bestselling author Lionel Shriver is not one to run away from…
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Breaking bad? Review of Graham Greene’s Travels with My Aunt
30 Oct 2020REVIEW: TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT I’m very into re-reading at the moment (if you’re interested there’s a great article on…
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Will you be gripped by The Singapore Grip? Review
26 Sep 2020GRIPPED BY THE SINGAPORE GRIP – REVIEW As disaster looms, the incompetents in charge can offer only complacency, arrogance and…
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Everything is copy – review of Nora Ephron Collected
15 May 2020NORA EPHRON COLLECTED I don’t know about you but I am a sucker for Nora Ephron’s screenplay for When Harry…
