The Godfather: Peter Corris on address books
I use two (non-electronic) telephone and address books, both old and battered, one slightly smaller than the other. One is …
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Crime Scene: MICHAEL DUFFY Call Me Cruel. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm
This true crime account attempts to explain the mind of a manipulative killer. It’s a cliché, but in this case …
DAWN BARKER Fractured. Reviewed by Kylie Mason
Dawn Barker’s novel is an insightful and devastating story of mental illness. Anna and Tony Patton seem to have it …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on My Word
Probably no one under 60 is closely familiar now with the BBC Radio quiz program My Word. Immensely popular in …
KATE FORSYTH The Wild Girl. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
Kate Forsyth’s new novel takes us beneath and beyond the fairytales of the Brothers Grimm. This novel offers the reader …
PATTI MILLER The Mind of a Thief. Reviewed by Anna Maria Dell’oso
A return to Patti Miller’s childhood home in country New South Wales sparks this investigation of place, identity and dispossession. …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on comics
Recently I tried to distract and entertain a friend laid up with a severely broken ankle by setting him a …
OLIVER SACKS Hallucinations. Reviewed by Jean Bedford
The greatest mystery is the human brain, and Oliver Sacks is the ultimate detective. Oliver Sacks is a neurologist who …
Crime Scene: MATTHEW CONDON The Toe Tag Quintet and Three Crooked Kings. Reviewed by Annette Hughes
History, mystery, truth and fiction; these two books expose the underbelly of south-east Queensland. In complete control of the genre, …
The Godfather: Peter Corris on gongs and milestones
I’ve been lucky with reviewers, lucky even in their mistakes. A recent positive review of my current Cliff Hardy novel …
The Newtown Review of Books 