Jed Rubenfeld is a Profesor of Law from Yale University and this novel, one of the big hits of 2006-07 in the UK, is pretty much what you might expect. It is a literary thriller and a well-plotted one at that. I found it interesting that the edition I have carries an endorsement from Matthew [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 23, 2008
The Colour of Blood
Irish crime fiction seems to be riding the crest of a wave at the moment, with a number of new writers arriving on the scene and attracting a wider readership. Even John Banville is getting in on the act with a couple of successful novels, writing under the pseudonym of Benjamin Black.
I read the first [...]
May 14, 2008
Palace Pier Blues
This was a complete treat. This was sent to me by the author, Andy Melrose, who also happens to be a friend and Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Winchester. An experienced writer for children and on writing for children, this is Andy’s first novel for adults. The bulk of the action takes [...]
May 11, 2008
Mister Pip
This is the first of Lloyd Jones’s books to be published in the UK and it makes you wonder why? Mister Pip was nominated for the Man Booker PrIze last year and would have been a worthy winner. As the title suggests, it is, in part, about a reading of Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations, but [...]
May 8, 2008
Portnoy’s Complaint
This is the first Philip Roth book I’ve read this year and it’s long overdue. Roth is one of those writers that demands your time. Although, with the exception of Everyman, this is one of Roth’s shorter novels, it still takes time to read. That is partly my excuse for not having posted for over [...]
