Archive for the ‘The Library Corner’ Category
Dark night of the soul? Review of Louise Doughty’s Platform Seven
25 Oct 2019REVIEW: PLATFORM SEVEN I like dark stories. I have no problem with light stories, either, but there’s something about a…
Review: Joe Country by Mick Herron
11 Sep 2019REVIEW: JOE COUNTRY BY MICK HERRON Publishers, agents and readers love a running series. Like a fast food outlet a…
Finnish humour. Review of Palm Beach Finland by Antti Tuomainen
14 Aug 2019Review of Palm Beach Finland Last year, I sat with the Finnish novelist Antti Tuomainen on a panel for the…
Paris by noir – Review: Clementina by Simon Cann
13 Jun 2019Paris by noir – review: Clementina by Simon Cann Last week I wrote about honesty in writing – how it…
How to write a riveting review
08 Mar 2019How to write a riveting review This week, an art that is both very new and almost as old as…
Death by Monet: Black Water Lilies by Michel Bussi
14 Feb 2019Black Water Lilies review The struggles of three women – a child, a school-teacher and an elderly woman about to…
The Man Who Tasted Shapes
25 Jan 2019The Man Who Tasted Shapes – Richard E Cytowic It began in a kitchen. Two men talking over a roast…
They warned us! Review: Middle England by Jonathan Coe
05 Dec 2018Review: Middle England by Jonathan Coe They warned us. We were making a film for the British car makers British…
Crime writer turned detective – murder mystery review
04 Oct 2018Murder Mystery Review: Golden Age Detective Drama Can crime writers turn detective? More specifically, could this crime writer face his…
Peak experience? The Sound of the Mountain by Yasunari Kawabata
30 May 2018Library Corner review: The Sound of the Mountain – Yasunari Kawabata Let me declare an interest, well at least two.…
