My Reviews Of Other Books Category
The {Booker} Award
Posted on August 6, 2012 2 Comments
Author Julia Kavan has handed over the {Booker} award – no, not that Booker and not a flaming torch either. This means I have to reveal my five all time favourite novels. I hate doing this, to be honest, as I have more than five. So I’ve picked the five that I might be in […]
Review: Lionel Asbo by Martin Amis
Posted on August 1, 2012 Leave a Comment
Title: Lionel Asbo – State of England Author: Martin Amis Publisher:Jonathan Cape Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0224096218 Blurb Lionel Asbo – a very violent but not very successful young criminal – is going about his morning duties in a London prison when he learns that he has just won GBP139,999,999.50 on the National Lottery. This is not […]
Review: Bereft by Chris Womersley
Posted on July 17, 2012 1 Comment
Title: Bereft Author: Chris Womersley Publisher:Quercus ISBN-13: 978-0857386540 Blurb A CRIME UNSPEAKABLE. Australia, 1919. Quinn Walker returns from the Great War to the New South Wales town of Flint: the birthplace he fled ten years earlier when he was accused of a heinous act. A LIE UNFORGIVABLE. Aware of the townsmen’s vow to hang him, […]
Review: The Evil Seed
Posted on June 30, 2012 3 Comments
Title: The Evil Seed Author: Joanne Harris Published by: Black Swan ISBN: 978-0552775045 Blurb Something inside me remembers… It’s never easy to face the fact that a man you once loved passionately has found the girl of his dreams, as Alice discovers when Joe introduces her to his new girlfriend Ginny. Jealous, Alice is repelled […]
Review: The Devil Inside Her
Posted on June 27, 2012 3 Comments
Title: The Devil Inside Her Author: Catherine Cavendish Publisher: Etopia Press Book Blurb Haunted by the death of her husband and only child, Elinor Gentry’s recurring nightmares have left her exhausted. She’s crippled by debt, and only the remnants of her former life surround her, things she can’t bear to sell, and wouldn’t make much […]
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