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Monthly Archives: October 2012

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LUCY NEVILLE Oh Mexico: Love and Adventure in Mexico City. Reviewed by Suzanne Rath

October 30, 2012

In this memoir, Lucy Neville finds love in a city of kidnappers. Mexico City has a population of almost nine …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on the books that stayed unpublished

October 26, 2012

Like many, perhaps most, scribblers who’ve been at it a long time, I have written books that will never be …

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GERARD WHATELEY Black Caviar: The Horse of a Lifetime. Reviewed by Candida Baker

October 24, 2012

The champion who won our hearts – and every race she entered. Black Caviar. Even the name is special, isn’t it?  …

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Crime Scene: DEREK B MILLER Norwegian by Night. Reviewed by Jean Bedford

October 22, 2012

Simply one of the best crime novels of the year. Transcending genre, and blending genres, Norwegian by Night is partly …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on filming Cliff Hardy

October 19, 2012

I’m often asked why more Cliff Hardy novels haven’t been filmed or made for television. Good question, but it’s a …

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PETER ACKROYD Tudors: The History of England Volume II. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson

October 17, 2012

The Tudors are endlessly fascinating. This new history examines the effects of one small family on a nation’s identity. Tudors, …

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SEBASTIAN FAULKS A Possible Life. Reviewed by Peter Corris

October 15, 2012

There are clever and subtle echoes in this book, but it is not a novel. A Possible Life is not …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on seeing and hearing

October 12, 2012

In 1958, when I was sixteen, I was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. In those days methods of injecting insulin and …

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DAVID MARR Political Animal: the Making of Tony Abbott (Quarterly Essay 47). Reviewed by Linda Funnell

October 11, 2012

He’s anti-abortion and his career owes a debt to Alan Jones. Does Tony Abbott have a problem with women? There’s …

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ALISON MOORE The Lighthouse. Reviewed by Jean Bedford

October 10, 2012

This much-talked-about novel was an outsider selection for the 2012 Booker shortlist. Futh (his only name) takes a ferry to …

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