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Monthly Archives: November 2012

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on discovering Maugham (and others)

November 30, 2012

In an idle moment, of which I have many these days, I found myself trying to remember who had introduced …

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Crime Scene: TANA FRENCH Broken Harbour

November 29, 2012

Tana French’s Irish Gothic noir delivers more than the average crime novel. This is the fourth in Tana French’s Dublin Murder …

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ROSE TREMAIN Merivel: A Man of His Time. Reviewed by Peter Corris

November 27, 2012

This sequel to Restoration is a hectic, witty adventure set in seventeenth-century England and Europe. When, in my constant search for a …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on pseudonyms

November 23, 2012

Back when my series characters Ray Crawley, Luke Dunlop and Richard Browning were losing favour with readers and publishers, a …

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NEAL STEPHENSON Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing. Reviewed by Matthias Schreck

November 21, 2012

This  book of essays and stories adds new perspective to Stephenson’s interests and plot devices. Reviewing a collection of essays …

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CHINA MIÉVILLE Railsea. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson

November 19, 2012

China Miéville continues to give a poetic and intelligent edge to the fantasy genre. This new book is an absolute …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on books in translation

November 16, 2012

I’ve been translated into six languages, seven if you count American* – French, German, Swedish, Japanese, Russian and Serbian. This …

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Crime Scene: IAN RANKIN Standing in Another Man’s Grave

November 14, 2012

Rebus is back, as individual and interesting as ever. After five years out in the cold of retirement (literally: he’s …

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RICHARD GILL Give Me Excess of It. Reviewed by Tony Bremner

November 12, 2012

This memoir is a passionate account of a conductor’s lifetime enthusiasm for music.  Give Me Excess of It is an …

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The Godfather: Peter Corris on sticking up for the Stones

November 9, 2012

Memory is a fragile thing. If anyone had asked, ‘Did you and Jean Bedford ever write to Al Grassby, Minister …

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