The Godfather: Peter Corris on two at a time
I recently heard a writer on a radio book program say that he or she (I’ve forgotten who the writer was) frequently read two books simultaneously. I reflected that this...
Read MoreI recently heard a writer on a radio book program say that he or she (I’ve forgotten who the writer was) frequently read two books simultaneously. I reflected that this...
Read MoreMost readers will be familiar with Johnny Cash’s vengeful diatribe about the dirty, mangy dog who named his son Sue … First names go in and out of fashion. Few...
Read MoreSome time ago I wrote about my experiences with dentists – how primitive the operations had been in the 1950s and 60s and how greatly they had been improved. In the...
Read MoreAll four of my grandparents spoke with regional British accents – Manx, north-country English and Scots. My parents spoke with mid-range Australian accents, neither –...
Read MoreNovelist, essayist, aspiring politician and wit Gore Vidal once proposed that no one who believed in an afterlife should be eligible for political office. Impractical,...
Read MoreA good number of authors who’ve employed series characters have written what are called in the business retrospectives – that is, stories that hark back to earlier...
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