Book review: Trespass by Rose Tremain
Some years ago I won the entire Orange shortlist in a competition. As a result, I read my first Rose Tremain, The Colour, and have continued to read her ever since. Not when a book comes out, but sporadically, as I prefer to read most literary novelists, when somebody mentions a particular novel to me, […]
Book review: Reconstruction by Mick Herron
Does life change what one reads or does what one reads change one’s life? A big question which I am not even going to try and answer – but here’s an interesting thing. I’ve started doing a new kind of workout (okay, that’s not particularly interesting – unless you, like me, have become a Crossfit […]
The Hummingbird and the Bear: novel review There’s something very interesting about meeting a writer after you’ve read their work, although meeting somebody immediately after reading their novel can be a little disjointing. For years I’ve despaired of readers who have the misguided impression that I am the character(s) I write about. This can be […]
Devil-Devil – a novel review Graeme Kent’s book arrived on my desk as one of those twitter-calls to the universe by somebody at his publishing house for reviewers. I am a total addict of the crime novel in all its many forms, and have a particularly soft spot for what I call ‘anthropological crime’ (I’m […]
Novel Review: The Noise of Strangers Robert Dickinson and I have workshopped together quite a lot, and I was delighted to discover that he has had a novel published by Myriad – with typical modesty, he hadn’t told me! What can I say about The Noise of Strangers? Well, that’s more difficult a question than […]
Novel Review: The Great Lover Sometimes reviewing books can be a solitary and frightening experience. When I ordered The Great Lover, I knew I was taking a risk. I’d first contacted Jill Dawson to tell her how much I’d admired her novels Wild Boy and Fred and Edie, and we’d sort of kept in touch, […]
The White Tiger: A Novel by Aravind Adiga My review An excellent book and a worthy Booker winner – not to say that this isn’t unevenly written, because it is, but the sheer power of teh narrative here, exposing a side of Indian life that is seen by every visitor but rarely understood or explored, […]
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