Buy Underland from Bookshop.org, Book Depository or Waterstones. This book is wild. Michel Faber is hugely talented, and his ambition is awe-inspiring. The first page pulled me in (Faber writes with such a strong, unique, clear narrative voice) and then…
Valérie is glamourous, confident and potentially deadly. She is never knowingly underdressed, has hidden “skills” and has the makings of camouflage in her bag, so what if it’s actually a very expensive face mask. She also happens to have a…
The son of a Barcelona prostitute who never knew his father, Melchor rapidly fell into trouble and was jailed at 19, convicted of driving for a Colombian drug cartel. While he was behind bars, he read Hugo’s Les Misérables, and then…
Somewhere in the past lie the answers, and you don’t have a choice but to find them . . . Related I won’t mention anything about the story other than what is in the synopsis, which is that Jen witnesses…
But can we ever truly know our parents? Soon Katy must reconcile the mother who knew everything with the young woman who does not yet have a clue. From an Amalfi coast boat trip 2017 There’s an unusual aspect of…
Gemma kindly answered a few of my questions. What’s your spirit animal? I read a lot, especially in winter. I feel winter offers us the chance to embrace dreaminess, slowness and silence. I read a great article by Jeanette Winterson…
There are very distinct Line of Duty vibes to this book and I just couldn’t put it down. I was thoroughly engrossed in the unfolding action and the fast-paced story, which takes place over the course of one week. Tyler’s…
Iain kindly answered a few of my questions. 6. If you could only read one book for the rest of your life which book would it be? Over the same years, Douglas’s ever-more elaborately designed urine-based installations bring him increasing…
“Sometimes it hurts, it really hurts, for no other reason for no other reason than the fact our skin doesn’t feel like it’s ours, Sometimes we panic, because the bills need paying and we have to be grown-up and we…
Source – review copy The only question which hangs over the life of Sir Richard Wyndham, notable whip, dandy and Corinthian, is one of marriage. Publication date – 7 October 2004 An entertaining Georgian era set comedy of errors and…
