‘Books’ Archives
First class second hand books: We Review Derek’s Books
There is no need to pay top whack for brand new books when there are a multitude of second hand bookshops which depend on trade from literature-bugs like you. My favourite used bookshop is Derek’s Books, which you can find, come rain or shine, on Preston Market on [Read More]
Book review: Paris Trance by Geoff Dyer
In reviews of Geoff Dyer’s excellent third novel Paris Trance the main complaint I've seen is that it’s somewhat episodic and lacking narrative thrust, but in a novel written about the lives that informed a novel that was never written, a little aimlessness is not an [Read More]
Ox-Tales: Earth, Air, Fire & Water
In 2009 Oxfam encouraged loads of contemporary literature’s finest and best-known writers to submit to a collection of element themed short stories, extracts and oddities published under the blanket name of Ox-Tales. Ox-Tales is split into 4 books, Earth, Wind, Fire & [Read More]
Michael Chabon – The Final Solution Review
Wonder Boy abandons literary bombast for a superior homage to Holmes. Since his Pulitzer Prize winning novel, ‘The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay’, Michael Chabon has more than dipped a toe into so-called ‘genre-fiction’. Chabon has written hardboiled [Read More]
Review: Bill Hicks- Love All the People
Bill Hicks was powerhouse comedian, capable of electrifying an audience, his scabrous, anti-establishment preacher routines scorched into the minds of those lucky enough to see him. Hicks’ comedy felt like it was changing the world. When Hicks died, tragically young at [Read More]
