The Plains (1985) – Gerald MURNANE
One of Australia’s largest independent publishers, Text, have recently brought out a new line of Australian classics. This has been accompanied with a series of articles talking about why it’s […]
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1Q84 (2009) – Haruki MURAKAMI
I need to start this review with something of a caveat – for the most part, I don’t like the work of Haruki Murakami. His works tend to leave me […]
Beatrice and Virgil (2010) – Yann MARTEL
Finally, I’m getting around to reviewing this novel. It’s been a long time since I’ve read it – probably the longest gap since starting this site – so you’ll have […]
Money (1984) – Martin AMIS
And on goes the mission to make my way through Martin Amis’ back catalogue. I picked this up in a second hand bookstore, and had heard that, along with London […]
The Savage Detectives (1998) – Roberto BOLAÑO
The hype surrounding the name of Roberto Bolaño has been massive over the last year or so. His major works, 2666 and The Savage Detectives, have received the most coverage, […]
The Penelopiad (2005) – Margaret ATWOOD
When I read Salley Vickers’ entry into the Myths series, I was expecting some kind of topsy turvy postmodern reconstruction of old tales. I was disappointed. So when I picked […]
If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler (1979) – Italo CALVINO
Over at the World Literature Forum, a book group has started up, and this month’s pick (the first one), is this novel. Unfortunately, this novel and I have some history […]
Darkmans (2007) – Nicola BARKER
Ah, the joys of uni holidays. Even though I had a stupidly large amount of work to do in the last two weeks, I have done almost none of it. […]
London Fields (1989) – Martin AMIS
Another week of insane uni essay, another Martin Amis novel to keep me amused. What is it about him? For all intents and purposes, I should hate the man. Some […]
Bright Shiny Morning (2008) – James FREY
I think working in a bookshop is detrimental to my health. It’s certainly detrimental to my bank account. Nonetheless, having a spare few minutes to kill at work the other […]
