by NRB | 8 Jan 2015 | Fiction |
Much more than just a satisfying Western adventure story, this novel is also an emotional map of the country. The Western novel has had a distinctive and distinguished place in American literature, from the time of James Fennimore Cooper to the present. The first...
by NRB | 6 Dec 2013 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
Again the NRB editors have invited me to nominate the best books I’ve read this year. As I explained in an early column I keep a list of books I’ve read, with a brief assessment, and I assign each book a mark out of ten. Those selected scored either 8.5 or 9...
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