If Toni Jordan were allowed to write a season of Dynasty, the result would be akin to Our Tiny, Useless Hearts. International bestselling, Indie Award-winning Toni Jordan’s fourth novel is a laugh-out-loud look at relationships, break-ups,...
This classic novel by the recent Nobel-winner gives us the life of an English ‘gentleman’s gentleman’ and invites us to analyse the relationship between master and servant. This year the Japanese-born English writer Kazuo Ishiguro won the Nobel...
Do popular writers in particular, but other writers in general, compete with each other? This thought was prompted by a quote from historical novelist Bernard Cornwell, which I’ll return to. Did Georgette Heyer compete with Baroness Orczy for top...
Sixty Seconds gives a powerful insight into how ordinary people cope with extraordinary events. ‘Christ. The whole lot’s fucked. You think life is OK … but everything can go to shit in a second.’ And in those words lies the essence of Sixty...
In The Necessary Angel, CK Stead articulates the careless lives of privileged Parisians in a contemporary world of chaos, terrorism and war. The title references lines by Wallace Stevens: ‘I am the necessary angel of earth, Since, in my sight, you...
{ I thought it pretty common knowledge that anyone who pronounced 'aitch' as 'haitch' was of blue collar, Catholic background - as I'm now in my... } – The Godfather: Peter Corris on accents, 23 Feb 18, 1:41 pm 
{ I would add that any politician who feels the need to be accompanied at a television interview by a 'noddy', or even worse, two 'noddies'... } – The Godfather: Peter Corris on disqualifications, 16 Feb 18, 1:53 pm 
{ Agree wholeheartedly - especially point #3 } – The Godfather: Peter Corris on disqualifications, 16 Feb 18, 11:01 am { What did you think of the TV series of "Bosch", Peter? I found the first episodes difficult - as the splendidly named actor playing Harry... } – The Godfather: Peter Corris on retrospectives, 09 Feb 18, 8:44 pm 
{ Although I'm no seasoned author - it's a new adventure in my life - I've read a lot of popular fiction in the last thirty... } – The Godfather: Peter Corris on revisiting books, again, 09 Feb 18, 6:41 pm 
