Thursday, April 2, 2009

Christopher’s Ghosts, by Charles McCarry

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This fascination with spy novels may pass soon, or it may not. I’m not making any apologies or taking any bets. Not really. I seem to be mor...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Just Unpacked ! Memorandum : a story of painting by Marlene van Niekerk & Adriaan van Zyl

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We have just unpacked copies of Memorandum : a story with paintings by Marlene van Niekerk & Adriaan van Zyl. In this unique book, th...
Thursday, March 12, 2009

Robert Littell, at large

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There is no shame in admitting that I like books about spies, set in the Cold War. There is no shame because some of those books are so well...
Monday, February 23, 2009

Devil May Care, a James Bond novel by Sebastian Faulks, writing as Ian Fleming, read by me.

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As a general rule one wants a book title to be pithy and to the point, the front wrapper to be clean and clear. In this the above book fails...
Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Louis de Bernières – Explaining to Humans What They Did

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It’s probably true that readers come to expect a certain product from an author, though this may be more true of specific genres like crime ...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Will the real Bond, James Bond, please stand up?

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I grew up with James Bond. I remember watching Goldfinger at the Drive-In, (at the Dakota I think it was, but may be wrong), and Moonraker a...
Saturday, November 22, 2008

Nick Hornby’s Slam, Easily Excellent.

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Nick Hornby is a remarkable writer, not because he writes well (he does), but because he is easy to read. It is one of the most difficult il...