TC BOYLE Talk to Me. Reviewed by Robert Goodman

TC BOYLE Talk to Me. Reviewed by Robert Goodman

The author of Outside Looking In and San Miguel continues to zig and zag when other authors just stay in their comfort zones. Talk to Me is American author TC Boyle’s 18th novel, and while some of its themes and character types are familiar from earlier works, the...
Summer Giveaway 2015  #1

Summer Giveaway 2015 #1

Summertime … Just the time for some great reading with this fabulous bundle of books. Simply email us at editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au by 6pm Wednesday 2 December with ‘Summer Giveaway #1’ in the subject line and your name and address in the...

T C BOYLE San Miguel. Reviewed by Kylie Mason

Desolation and isolation haunt two families living decades apart on the bleakest of California’s Channel Islands  On New Year’s Day, 1888, Marantha Waters arrives on San Miguel island, off the Californian coast, with her husband, Will, daughter, Edith, and maid, Ida....