Book Reviews

Ever had the feeling you have been drugged with a literary pill? You pick up a book and cannot stop reading it; …

I begin this Revolutionary Road review by noting that Richard Yates’s novel is a remarkable reflection on American society. Frank and April …

Who is it that writes these days? We all send emails, text messages, tweets and status updates on social media and become …

And What Do You Do? review If you were out drinking with your mates at any time in the 90s, this And …

There has never been a better time to read Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Not only because it …

From viewing the cover of Hurma you might not expect a darkly comic sex romp. You might make some guesses as to the …

Remember when I said recently that Transit was going to be my favourite book of the year? Here we are a little …

The DisGRACEfully Delicious Grace Jones is a natural phenomenon. How can such a force of nature be contained and distilled within the …

A review of Slave by Mende Nazer, written for Anti-Slavery Day in 2015. Sometimes I think for all the advancements of the …

I highlighted many sentences for this The Wisdom of No Escape review and you will too, when you go and read it, …