LUCY NEVILLE Oh Mexico: Love and Adventure in Mexico City. Reviewed by Suzanne Rath
In this memoir, Lucy Neville finds love in a city of kidnappers. Mexico City has a population of almost nine …
Monthly Archives: October 2012
The Godfather: Peter Corris on the books that stayed unpublished
Like many, perhaps most, scribblers who’ve been at it a long time, I have written books that will never be …
GERARD WHATELEY Black Caviar: The Horse of a Lifetime. Reviewed by Candida Baker
The champion who won our hearts – and every race she entered. Black Caviar. Even the name is special, isn’t it? …
Crime Scene: DEREK B MILLER Norwegian by Night. Reviewed by Jean Bedford
Simply one of the best crime novels of the year. Transcending genre, and blending genres, Norwegian by Night is partly …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on filming Cliff Hardy
I’m often asked why more Cliff Hardy novels haven’t been filmed or made for television. Good question, but it’s a …
PETER ACKROYD Tudors: The History of England Volume II. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
The Tudors are endlessly fascinating. This new history examines the effects of one small family on a nation’s identity. Tudors, …
SEBASTIAN FAULKS A Possible Life. Reviewed by Peter Corris
There are clever and subtle echoes in this book, but it is not a novel. A Possible Life is not …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on seeing and hearing
In 1958, when I was sixteen, I was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. In those days methods of injecting insulin and …
DAVID MARR Political Animal: the Making of Tony Abbott (Quarterly Essay 47). Reviewed by Linda Funnell
He’s anti-abortion and his career owes a debt to Alan Jones. Does Tony Abbott have a problem with women? There’s …
ALISON MOORE The Lighthouse. Reviewed by Jean Bedford
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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