Posted on 9 Dec 2016 in The Godfather: Peter Corris |
It is 5.40 pm on a spring afternoon in Earlwood. I’ve been in the flat all day – listening to the radio, watching golf on TV and enjoying the reading of EL Doctorow’s Billy Bathgate (1989) as an audio book. I’ve listened to The World Today on Radio...
Posted on 8 Dec 2016 in Fiction |
Not Working is a novel for the millennial generation. The 21st century is one giant tangle of paradoxes. We have better and easier access to information than ever before, yet we seem less certain about anything. We are more educated than our...
Posted on 6 Dec 2016 in SFF |
Juliet Marillier’s fine new fairy tale weaves stories within stories in complex and riveting ways. This is the third volume to follow the adventures of the healer Blackthorn and her friend and companion Grim, set in the northern Irish part of...
Posted on 5 Dec 2016 in Giveaways & Quizzes |
Looking for something to ease the pain of all those office Christmas parties? Refresh your festive spirit and go in the draw to win this bundle of four terrific titles. Just email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with CHRISTMAS #4 in the subject...
Posted on 2 Dec 2016 in The Godfather: Peter Corris |
I failed French in the 1959 Victorian matriculation examination. This failure had been looming for some time. I passed the subject narrowly in fifth form but in the final year the degree of difficulty went up and with it my ineptitude. In the final...
Posted on 1 Dec 2016 in Crime Scene |
Bauer’s new novel keeps us guessing until the very end. This is the fifth book by Belinda Bauer, the Gold Dagger award-winning author now resident in Wales. Unlike some crime writers who, once they’ve developed a successful character, stick...