by NRB | 6 Jun 2019 | Fiction |
Ali Smith’s latest novel is erudite, political, and full of riches. This is the third novel in Ali Smith’s sequence based on the seasons: Autumn, Winter, and now Spring. It is much darker than the first two novels, and although one could perhaps assume...
by NRB | 19 Jul 2013 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of York. Shakespeare, Richard III Winter always discontents me. As a kid I disliked the cold and Melbourne was colder back then, 60-plus years ago, than it is now. I shared a bedroom with my brother...
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