Jim Lynch’s TRUTH LIKE THE SUN
“Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t going away.” – Elvis Presley This is an amazing book set around the World’s Fair in Seattle in 1962 and the mayoral election in the...
View ArticleKevin Powers’ THE YELLOW BIRDS
There is something about war that fascinates me and it is not the strategy or politics, although I do find those elements interesting. I am intrigued and captivated by what makes an individual endure...
View ArticleAnna Funder’s ALL THAT I AM
There are a lot of books that get a lot of hype and sell purely on the hype alone and there are other books that are truly marvellous that deserve all the hype and accolades that are being heaped upon...
View ArticleAnna Funder’s STASILAND
Before reading this book my knowledge and understanding of East Germany was minimal at best. I’ve read a lot of books about World War Two but nothing specifically about Germany from 1945 onwards. I...
View ArticlePaul Ham’s HIROSHIMA NAGASAKI
I rank Paul Ham as the best Australian historians currently writing. Each of his books; Kokoda, Vietnam: The Australian War and now this book are each meticulously researched and written in a very...
View ArticleJ. K. Rowling’s THE CASUAL VACANCY
The spotlight for The Casual Vacancy was always going to be bright and glaring. It was never going to be reviewed like other books. It would be reviewed in the context, and in the shadow of, Harry...
View ArticleJohn Birmingham’s STALIN’S HAMMER: ROME
There are so many things to love about this. Firstly John Birmingham returns to his Axis of Time series which if you haven’t read you must. Briefly a military experiment in 2021 goes horribly wrong and...
View ArticleBOOK CHEWING: My Interview with John Birmingham, author of STALIN’S HAMMER: ROME
I am a huge fan of John Birmingham. From the cult classic He Died With A Felafel In His Hand through to his techno thrillers and everything in between. For his latest book, Stalin’s Hammer: Rome, John...
View ArticleAttica Locke’s PLEASANTVILLE
I used to love legal thrillers. They were the first crime books I got into when I was a teenager. There was a mystery but there was also an argument to made and refuted. Unlike other crime stories the...
View ArticleRoxane Gay’s BAD FEMINIST
An Untamed State was an unforgettable novel that was brutally honest, confronting and powerfully written. In this brilliant collection of essays Roxane Gay applies this same style to the modern world...
View ArticleKevin Powers’ THE YELLOW BIRDS
There is something about war that fascinates me and it is not the strategy or politics, although I do find those elements interesting. I am intrigued and captivated by what makes an individual endure...
View ArticleAnna Funder’s STASILAND
Before reading this book my knowledge and understanding of East Germany was minimal at best. I’ve read a lot of books about World War Two but nothing specifically about Germany from 1945 onwards. I...
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