The Godfather: Peter Corris on discovering Maugham (and others)
In an idle moment, of which I have many these days, I found myself trying to remember who had introduced …
In an idle moment, of which I have many these days, I found myself trying to remember who had introduced …
Tana French’s Irish Gothic noir delivers more than the average crime novel. This is the fourth in Tana French’s Dublin Murder …
This sequel to Restoration is a hectic, witty adventure set in seventeenth-century England and Europe. When, in my constant search for a …
Back when my series characters Ray Crawley, Luke Dunlop and Richard Browning were losing favour with readers and publishers, a …
This book of essays and stories adds new perspective to Stephenson’s interests and plot devices. Reviewing a collection of essays …
China Miéville continues to give a poetic and intelligent edge to the fantasy genre. This new book is an absolute …
I’ve been translated into six languages, seven if you count American* – French, German, Swedish, Japanese, Russian and Serbian. This …
Rebus is back, as individual and interesting as ever. After five years out in the cold of retirement (literally: he’s …
This memoir is a passionate account of a conductor’s lifetime enthusiasm for music. Give Me Excess of It is an …
Memory is a fragile thing. If anyone had asked, ‘Did you and Jean Bedford ever write to Al Grassby, Minister …