Rating: Excellent I've long been aware of Hanif Kureishi due to his association with David Bowie and the music he made as the soundtrack...

Rating: Admirable Charlotte McConaghy is an established Australian writer, and Wild Dark Shore is her third novel. Although the novel could...

Rating: Excellent I found my copy of Chess in my local street library, a well-loved source of great finds in the neighbourhood. The book’s ...

Rating: Excellent Quentin Tarantino has always come across as someone who can’t keep his mouth shut, most recently he’s been rounded on for ...

  Ten years since Bowie died Last year was a curious year, with 90% of my books packed away in piles of boxes while our new house was being ...

  Rating: Admirable This is not going to be a typical book review, as, frankly, I’m just too knackered to concentrate on something like that...

  Rating: Excellent This rather intriguing looking novel was gifted to me by my brother Barry, about twenty or more years ago for Christmas,...