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Book Review: The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
Repellent characters, foul language, horrible sex… More than three years after it was published, The Slap continues to reverberate, not least in its native Australia where the TV series is currently being broadcast. This book has quite a reputation. When it came out in the UK in 2010 (and made the Booker longlist) a book group in … Continue reading
The Time We Had: 20 years later, I remember my Dad
My Dad died 20 years ago this week, on 14 October 1991, of a rare kidney cancer which can’t be diagnosed until it’s too late. He was 58. I was already considering writing something about him because of his anniversary, but it was the death last week of Steve Jobs, founder of Apple at the … Continue reading
Book Review: What I Did by Christopher Wakling
Chris Wakling must be sick of comparisons. His fifth novel, What I Did, is constantly being compared to Room (Emma Donoghue), The Slap (Christos Tsiolkas) and The Curious Incident.. (you know the one, by Mark Haddon). On the other hand, these are all huge bestsellers, which bodes well for his new book. I’ve read all the above, … Continue reading
My new novel SCENT – out in paperback on 19 May 2022
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