Book Reviews

Unravelling a mystery is the opportunity not only for a gripping ‘whodunit’ but also a deep dive into Japanese society and its…

I read Leonard and Hungry Paul over the week of the US Election, while avoiding many news sources and if concentrating has…

One of the things that I have found weirdest throughout the time of COVID-19 has been a calling back to the ‘Blitz…

I have been looking forward to this week’s prompt for Nonfiction November. Over to this week’s host, Julz at Julz Reads: This…

My first review for Nonfiction November 2020 is We Fight Fascists: The 43 Group and Their Forgotten Battle for Post-war Britain by…

The 1956 Club inspired this The Lonely Londoners review, but although Sam Selvon vividly conveys ’50s London via a group of recently…

This Singapore Grip review was prompted by the announcement of a new six-part adaptation for ITV of J. G. Farrell’s book, which…

Libraries gave us power – Manic Street Preachers So far in this occasional series I’ve talked about how George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four…

I once wrote that a reader could have enough of thinking about a character’s breasts, but I will have to change my…

With a title that is crying out to be the name of a band, up there with …And You Will Know Us…