by NRB | 30 Apr 2020 | Fiction |
Polly Samson’s novel imagines life in the artists’ colony on the Greek island of Hydra with Leonard Cohen, George Johnston and Charmian Clift. The boat turned, and there it was! Hey presto, the sudden flourish, conjured from bare rock by the gods and lit...
by NRB | 2 Aug 2018 | Non-fiction |
In exploring the death – and life – of Mollie Dean, Gideon Haigh covers a lot of fascinating ground. A young woman walks home after a Melbourne theatre performance, making a phone call to a friend along the way. Then, metres from her front door, she is...
by NRB | 18 May 2018 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
There is only one happiness in this life, to love and to be loved. – George Sand All You Need Is Love. – Lennon and McCartney When two people come together untrammelled, with no baggage, as it were – no romantic attachments to other persons, no guilt – it...
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