The 1000 Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The 1000 Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is a thrillery, travelloguey, historical, love storyish type book by David Mitchell. It’s set on a Dutch trading post off the coast [...]
Reviews
Flat Earth News, hmmm
Every newspaper office has its Prophet of Doom – at least one – and they are not the person you want to get stuck with at the water cooler/smoking area. Nothing is ever [...]
Black Swan Green 4/5
This is the second book by David Mitchell that I have read and loved, the first being Cloud Atlas. Black Swan Green is a coming of age story set in an English community, [...]
Keeping it real with Debbie Harry at Camp Bestival 2011
ON FRIDAY night Debbie Harry was going to have to work hard to impress me. Since MarilynMonroe each decade has thrown up its iconic blondes: Twiggy in the Sixties, Madonna in [...]
The Fort 4/5
JUST FINISHED reading The Fort by Bernard Cornwell. It’s a true-life page turner set during the American War of Independence and Cornwell (famous for the Sharpe [...]
Me Cheeta
The autobiography of Tarzan’s movie monkey sidekick is not a bellylaugh comedy, it’s a warm smile of recognition comedy. Cheeta guides us through the debauchery [...]
Persepolis
I have just finished Persepolis (4/5), v good, now Im pondering my next [...]