All My Enemies by Barry Maitland is the third book in the popular Brock and Kolla series. From my research it seems that these books were originally released overseas in the late 90’s, now in 2012 the good people at Allen & Unwin have brought them to our shores, to be included in the Get …
Monthly Archive: July 2012
Jul 25
Ghostwritten- David Mitchell
On this blog I have had the pleasure of introducing readers to many new and emerging writers. In this spirit, in this post I will be looking at the first novel from an established and critically acclaimed author, David Mitchell. Ghostwritten is the third book by David Mitchell that I have read (the other two …
Jul 18
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk- Ben Fountain
Named by Amazon as one of the top 20 books of 2012 (so far), Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk has been called ‘the Catch 22 of the Iraq War’. It is a day in the life of Billy Lynn and Bravo Company, a bunch of grunts from the war in Iraq. It is during the …
Jul 13
Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute- Maggie Groff
I had the tremendous pleasure to meet Maggie Groff at a Debut Mondays event at The Wheeler Centre. She was there to read from her first novel, Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute. It was somewhat serendipitous on my part as I had seen the book at my favourite bookshop just the …
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