by NRB | 25 May 2018 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
My interest in Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel murders was awakened when I saw Man in the Attic (1953), a film about the Ripper which starred Jack Palance. That was perfect casting in black and white – that craggy face, those staring eyes, that mirthless smile....
by NRB | 17 Nov 2015 | Non-fiction |
Here is a richly informative, scholarly and entertaining discussion of culture and myth. Our media-doused world is constantly fed stories concerning celebrities and other public figures reflecting various mythic tales and characters; stories of rags to riches,...
by NRB | 23 Jan 2015 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
Robin Hood and Little John they both have gone to the fair ’o … When I was a child my mother made a point of visiting Cheshire’s bookshop in Melbourne on her excursions to the city and buying one of the Cheshire’s Children’s Classics. These were cheap, stapled,...
by NRB | 6 Jun 2012 | Crime Scene, Non-fiction |
Two recent books focus on Arthur Upfield’s half-Indigenous detective Napoleon Bonaparte. Arthur William Upfield (1 September 1890 – 13 February 1964) was an Australian writer best known for his 29 works of crime fiction featuring half-Aboriginal Detective Inspector...
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ALINA BELLCHAMBERS The Order of Masks. Reviewed by Amelia Dudley26 September 2024Spies, magic, intrigue, and the human cost of an expanding empire all feature [ … ]